The anaconda is the largest snake in the world, found in South America. It kills its prey, such as deer, pigs, and rodents, by constricting them in its powerful coils. Anacondas live in tropical rainforests near rivers and streams, where they hunt both land and aquatic animals, and can survive for months without food.

1. Anaconda

2. Statistics The Anaconda is the biggest snake in the world. The anaconda is a massive snake that kills its prey by squeezing it to death in its powerful coil. The anaconda is more in the water than in land.

3. Habitat Map The green anaconda is found throughout the basins of the Amazon and Orinoco rivers in tropical south America. The yellow anaconda ranges as far south as Argentina.

4. Food Source The anaconda prey on deer, wild pigs, and large rodent such as the agouti, paca, and capybara. It also attack aquatic animals like the caiman, a relative of the alligators. The huge anaconda is capable of surviving for months and even years without food.

5. Works Cited King, Judith: wildlife Fact File. Pittsburg, PA.: International Masters Publishers, 1997

6. Photos (anaconda) http://kids.poisson.org.uk/snakes/images/reticulated.jpg (satieties) http://blog.c77c.net/photos/anakonda-1.jpg (Food source) http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_F9Tzfp7q6iU/Rof0daiLKmI/AAAAAAAAARY/cNcZo_uTTxY/s320/Anaconda(SqueezingACaymen).jpg (Habitat map) http:// www.animalfactguide.com/images/maps/worldmap_anaconda.png (Habitat) http://www.anacondas.org/anaconda2.jpg

7. habitat The abundant streams, rivers, swamps, and pool tropical rainforest of Amazonian provide an ideal habitat for the anaconda. The anaconda usually hunts at night.