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Anaconda                                                                                                            WHERE DOES IT LIVE?                                       Snakes






          The green anaconda is the world’s biggest
          snake. It wraps its body around an animal.


          It squeezes til the animal stops breathing.



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            FACT FILE


          Scientific name:                                                    Tail
          Eunectes murinus

          Food: deer, chickens, dogs, birds, turtles,
          other reptiles
                                                                                                                                                                              Strong body
          Habitat: swamps, rivers, lakes

          Where in the World: South America



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                 Anacondas are good
                 swimmers. They live                                                                                                                                    Anacondas
                 in rivers and lakes.
                                                                                                                          BIG OR SMALL                             open their mouths
                                                                                                                                                                   wide. They swallow
                                                                                                                    6 feet                                        prey whole. They can
                                                                                                                    (1.8 m)                                         swallow a jaguar!



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