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Even the largest snakes, like pythons and anacondas, primarily feed on rodents, birds and other small to medium-sized mammals.
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Scott Travers, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
Rojas warned us about anticipating a parade of jaguars, anacondas, flowering jungles, and howler monkeys.
—Marcia Desanctis, Travel + Leisure, 19 June 2024
Members of the Boidae family, including anacondas and boa constrictors, as well as members of the python family, are forbidden to keep as pets.
—Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 6 June 2024
Green anacondas are the world’s heaviest snakes, according to the UK’s Natural History Museum, which noted that the heaviest individual ever recorded weighed 227 kilograms (500 pounds).
—Amy Woodyatt, CNN, 23 Feb. 2024
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Scott Travers, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
Rojas warned us about anticipating a parade of jaguars, anacondas, flowering jungles, and howler monkeys.
—Marcia Desanctis, Travel + Leisure, 19 June 2024
Members of the Boidae family, including anacondas and boa constrictors, as well as members of the python family, are forbidden to keep as pets.
—Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 6 June 2024
Green anacondas are the world’s heaviest snakes, according to the UK’s Natural History Museum, which noted that the heaviest individual ever recorded weighed 227 kilograms (500 pounds).
—Amy Woodyatt, CNN, 23 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anaconda
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The longest python that has been caught in Florida measured 19 feet long.Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 3 Dec. 2024
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Burmese pythons were habitually released into the wild by irresponsible pet owners after the exotic pet boom in the ’70s.Krista Stevens, Longreads, 24 Oct. 2024
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The company handles wildlife that shows up in unexpected, and often unwelcome spaces, and frequently posts social media videos of its encounters featuring creatures like bobcats, wild boars, skunks, raccoons and rattlesnakes.Leslie Katz, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
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More:Bobcat tries to eat striking rattlesnake in this uniquely Arizona video.Zach Bradshaw, The Arizona Republic, 23 Oct. 2024
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Share [Findings] Interviews with reptile poachers in southwestern Balochistan indicated that the Caspian cobra, the desert monitor, the Iranian mastigure, Maynard’s longnose sand snake, the Persian spider gecko, and the Tartar sand boa were being captured for use by snake charmers.Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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Hahn is never funnier than when Agatha is trying to summon some of her own swagger while forced to wear Agnes’s drab clothes—a cobra stuck in the mundane form of a hamster.Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 24 Sep. 2024
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London’s Harry Styles event saw 12 foppish men in feather boas, Gucci flares, and floppy haircuts vying for the prize.Raven Smith, Vogue, 19 Nov. 2024
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Firefighters placed the boa in a box and turned it over to the Arizona Herpetological Society for safe handling and care.Karen Bartunek, The Arizona Republic, 13 Nov. 2024
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Currently, researchers are working with a test that detects four invasive constrictor snake species, all of which have established populations in Florida: Burmese pythons, North African pythons, boa constrictors and rainbow boas.Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 7 Dec. 2024
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Boa constrictors, however, are not typically dangerous to humans.Bailey Richards, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
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After its start in 1949, the orchestra was known for its symphonic jazz, mamba and conjunto polkas.Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American-Statesman, 18 Jan. 2024
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Per a report from The Telegraph, Dingo was bitten by an Eastern green mamba.Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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The northern copperhead snake is described as having two shades of copper or a reddish-brown color.Erica Lamberg, Fox News, 31 Aug. 2024
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Unlike rattlesnakes, copperhead venom is relatively mild and deaths from their bites are extremely rare, according to the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences.Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 31 May 2024
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But when opting for something slightly more stylish but still cozy-fall or winter-appropriate, these Minnetonka Double Bottom Fleece moccasin slip-ons are the ticket.Dan Koday, Travel + Leisure, 28 Oct. 2024
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More petrified wood pieces are available inside the store where visitors are greeted by a cigar store Indian sporting Plains regalia, along with other touristy items like handcrafted arrows, drums, green glass saguaros, imported baskets and Minnetonka moccasins.Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2024
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