World’s Largest Snake – Biggest Snake in the World – and Longest Snake Ever
89Instinct
We humans have inborn complex behaviors toward snakes that are not based upon prior experience. These behaviors are called instincts. It is from instincts that were are able to tell a snake is a scaring, slithering and terrifying creature that should be avoided. But within us, there are those that have the courage to find fascination and fondness in snakes.
Anaconda
The world’s largest snake is also the world’s biggest snake but not necessary the world’s longest snake. The world’s largest snake is the green anaconda. The anaconda is to be found in Amazon rain forest of South America. The anaconda like living in river and as such river Amazon is home to most of the anaconda snakes in the world. The anaconda is of a subfamily of non-venomous boas found in Central, South America, Africa and Southeast Asia. The anaconda can grow as long as 8 metres long and as wide as a fully grown man and can weigh as much as 250 kilogrammes. This huge size certainly makes it the largest snake in the world.
Mating
During mating, several males are known to wrap themselves around one female in an attempt to mate. Nature has it that the fittest male, usually the strongest and largest male, should win and thus get the privilege of mating with the female. But since females are far stronger they can sometimes be biased to this law of nature and decide on herself which male to mate with regardless of the size and strength of the male. The gestation period is seven months and the female anaconda will give birth to young ones – about 20 to 50 litters.
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Non Venomous
The anaconda is non venomous but that does not mean it will not feed on you. It will coil itself around you and by using constriction - it will squeeze you thus preventing breathing and raising your body’s pressure two to three times until you die most likely from heart attack.
Great Swimmer
The green anaconda is usually an olive green snake with black spots along the body. Like any other snake, the head is narrow with eyes set high on the head. The snake is a great swimmer and will comfortably work on its prey when in water. The anaconda is also capable of finding its prey on land but is rather slow and sluggish when on land. The diet of anaconda consists mainly of fish, birds, and small mammals like deer, antelopes, rabbit, jaguars, and snakes, reptiles, or anything smaller than itself. When coming from gestation, a female anaconda can sometimes feed on its male counterpart.
Anaconda as a Pet?
The anaconda is a fine snake to keep as a pet. If you think its neat having a snake pet, and you have interest, resources and know-how, then you can go ahead and have anaconda as a pet snake. Good luck.
Python
The longest snake in the world is not anaconda, but the Asian Python reticulates which can grow as long as 10 – 12 metres.
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After River it's Snake what next.?
great article. god bless
Wow - I love snakes! Thanks for the very interesting article. You could do a hub with just pictures of snakes and it would be wonderful (ok, maybe a few words since you write so well :)
very interesting hub. I liked it very much becos i am fond of snakes.
nice hub!
if they wouldn't get so long and big, i would love to have them as pets :D
We seem to have a common fascination with snakes. Wonderful creatures!
I love snake only in dream.
12 meters is huge!
That's one big snake :D
Haha, I love snakes ^_^
oh my.. I hope i never see a snake that big in my life!
snakes? no way. they are my greatest fear.
It is scary..
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Great article. I have always been fascinated and a little scared of snakes at the same time.
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I've seen these snakes in a Museum in Europe, and was totally fascinated by them because of their size. But where I am here in Australia we live with venomous snakes in our backyard all year long (thankfully a lot smaller - Mostly Red-Belly Black Snakes/Common Brown Snake) and they'll come very close to your home (It's not uncommon that they'll sit on the front steps etc), I've had far too many close-calls with them, so I hate snakes!
The only thing I think of is the movie "Anaconda". I would never like to come face to face with one of these snakes and risk being eaten for dinner. Great hub, but I'll keep my distance.
Extremely nice and scary... Nice hub.
Wow! That is one scary snake :) Great hub!
Nice one.Great hub.
Don't like snakes, but great hub! lol
snakes are cool. I don' recommend keeping an Anaconda as a pet unless your crazy or a zookeeper lol!
That is so cool but every time I see the pics on the hub, I want to scream and run! I am a huge snake-aphobic...know they are great just gotta put blinders on.....great post!
oh my God this too much dangrous snake . i cannat belive
Very interesting, I recently visited Australia and saw this snake in the Wildlife World. Apparently it has been known to eat deer, other snakes and also humans!
8 to 10 m! giant reptile creature like dat make me scream .
So now I'm officially scared... Nice hub!
I had no idea that the Asian python is the largest! I always thought it was the anaconda.
So dangarous. I like this article
wow!
I have a Albino Red Corn snake and it’s a great pet if you like reptiles. For a busy guy they are very easy to look after, and only eat once a week approx.
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Thanks for answering my question! Your hub has such scary pics I can't even look! :0
I have had some friends that had snakes as pets but they are not for me.
I'm afraid of snakes.
i love snakes!!! and thanks for providing this interesting information !!!!!!!but whats next!!!
Snakes are so beautiful - at a distance. Interesting Hub.
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You know your stuff but I will always hate snakes! I will admit to playing with garter snakes as kid but they were tiny baby ones.
Oh my God soooo wonderful
amazing article....thanks
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This is a beautiful snake.. long though.. :) thanks..
ha, i don't like snakes too but it is a good hubpage
Nice article. I don't hate snakes at all, so glad to see all the pictures.
they are beautiful but still i cannot stop from fearing them.
Great Hub! Scary but still a Great Hub.
Great hub, loved the photos !
My son loves his snakes. I'm glad they are just little ones.
Very huge snakes and very nice hub.
there are two kind's of snakes thet I am afraid of... dead, and alive.I hate any snake.
Thanks for sharing very interesting information about snakes. Pictures are very nice!
cool hub.
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Thanks for the education on snakes. I must say my aversion to snakes kept me illiterate. Good work. Look forward to reading more hubs on snakes from you.
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Very informative hub, the only problem with keeping an anaconda as a pet is they get too big to handle so people let them loose. It is an awesome creature though. Good job. Cheers, Carmen
wow this is a really big snake thanks for your article
I can't believe that it is 8 metres long.... Woo!! And weight of 250 kilogrammes....
Nice one. Very interesting.
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4 months ago
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