It can reach a length of 30 feet (9 meters) and weigh up to 550 pounds (227 kilograms). To imagine how big it is, if about five ten-year-old children lay down from head to toe, they would be the length of this enormous snake.
The green anaconda is a member of a family of snakes called constrictors. Constrictors are not venomous snakes. They do not kill their prey by delivering venom through a bite. Instead, constrictors wrap their bodies around their prey and squeeze it until it stops breathing.
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The giant snake opens its mouth wide enough to swallow its victim, sometimes fish or alligators (relatives of crocodiles) and even jaguars and small deer.
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The anaconda’s jaws are held together with elastic ligaments so that they can open wide enough to swallow prey whole.
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And it would take about 11 children to weigh as much as an anaconda.