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Yellow Anaconda

Yellow Anaconda at the London Tropical Zoo

Preferring water to land, the Yellow Anaconda is usually found in the swamps, marshes, rivers and streams of South America.

It is one of the smaller species of Anacondas and, while its larger relative the Green Anaconda can feed on whole deer, Caiman and Capybaras the Yellow Anaconda's diet generally consists of smaller animals like heron, egrets, rodents, caimans, fish, and ducks.

Anacondas can live for 25 years.

The Green Anaconda its cousin is the heaviest snake on the planet and can weigh 250 kg and exceed 9 meters!