There is also a scientific reason for the capture as the Waorani are losing their land to oil exploration - with scientists testing anacondas for the effects of oil pollution.īuchanan lives alongside the indigenous people for two weeks learning their ways and how they have adapted to live alongside some of the world's most dangerous animals including Jaguars. In the show, Buchanan joins a tribal family to hunt an Anaconda, the Amazon's most dangerous predator, the animal is a proven man-eater but the locals believe its capture and release is not only a sign of bravery but see the feat as a source of immense spiritual power. That distinction goes to a 215-pound female that was captured in June of 2022. The largest python ever recorded was 26. The capture of the Anaconda is part of a BBC documentary Tribes, Predators and Me presented by Gordon Buchanan who livedĪlongside an indigenous Ecuadorian tribe, the Waorani, in the Amazon. At 125-pounds, it’s not the heaviest Burmese python ever recorded in the snake’s adopted south Florida range. The giant anaconda is found in the tropical rainforests of South America. This massive, serpentine beast which is over 17ft doesn't only come from the family of the world's largest snakes. A 33-foot-long anaconda encountered earlier this year by a group of construction workers in Brazil could be the longest snake ever found. Could this really be the largest Anaconda ever caught on record?That snake looks scary,i sure would not like to bump into that in the middle of the night.

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