[3] Henry Yule in his Hobson-Jobson notes that the word became more popular due to a piece of fiction published in 1768 in the Scots Magazine by a certain R. Edwin. The only defence the alligator can use is its mouth for biting. i have seen vidoes of a jaquar killing and eating very large anacondas but with the reticulated python, it is a different case with the tiger. 17:02. They are found in tropical South America. The recorded largest anaconda is about 6.6 metres long (22 feet), and there are some records of 35 – 40 feet long snakes, but there were no convincing evidences to prove they could be that long. Back-Next. [5] A Sinhalese origin was also suggested by Donald Ferguson who pointed out that the word Henakandaya (hena lightning/large and kanda stem/trunk) was used in Sri Lanka for the small whip snake (Ahaetulla pulverulenta)[6] and somehow got misapplied to the python before myths were created. 13:18. All anacondas have nostrils and eyes on the tops of their heads, which allow them to see above the water while remaining mostly submerged. There are seven species with four subspecies of them, and the reticulated python is the largest of all with a length of 8.7 metres in the longest known specimen. These pictures show how the snake clashed with the six-foot-long caiman crocodile in Pantanal, Brazil. In today’s time, the anaconda is counted among the largest snakes in the world, because they are many feet long and giant, capable of swallowing even a goat or deer directly. Jaguar
