Diving with Giant Anacondas

Bartolomeo Bove is a videographer who apparently has no fear. He dives and films close up interactions with dangerous animals most of us would steer far clear of. He’s filmed video on dives with bull sharks, crocodiles and other, more docile, creatures like manatees. In this awesome footage, he gets up close and personal with a giant, 23-foot-long anaconda in

Brazil’s Formosa River. Although the imagery and soundtrack in this video are serene and beautiful, it’s hard to shake the feeling that this massive snake is sizing the diver up, trying to decide if he is something to eat.

Anaconda attacks on humans are rare, but they do happen. These are some of the largest snakes in the world, and they are constrictors. They hunt by trapping prey with their jaws and then wrapping their muscular length around the victim to squeeze the life out of it. They then disjoint their jaw to swallow prey whole. Large anacondas like this one feed on whatever they can fit in their mouth and can consume large animals like deer and caiman.

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