Some anaconda facts from www.extremescience.com:

• Anacondas live in northern South America. They thrive in swamps, sluggish streams and rain forests.
• Anacondas, on average, are 20 feet long, weigh 330 pounds and are 12 inches in diameter.
• They live in water but also hang out in trees.
• They are the world's largest and most powerful snakes. Given the chance, they kill (and eat) cattle and people.
• Anacondas are short-tempered, so on that next trip through the rain forest, tread lightly. And be polite.
  
  
  

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