Pythons are large snakes. Although they do not have venom like snakes, they have terrible power. When squeezing the bait, they can crush the skeletons of wild buffaloes. For a long time, pythons were hunted for their fat and skin, so now there are not many pythons left in the wild. Python is a common name in Vietnam, used to refer to a number of large snake species, mainly belonging to the following families: Boidae (South American Python family); Bolyeriidae (Python family); Loxocemidae (Mexican python family); Pythonidae (Python family); Tropidophiidae (Tree python family).

They all have the common characteristic of hunting warm-blooded animals by biting and grabbing, then using their bodies to wrap the prey in and squeeze it to death and then slowly swallow it. Python teeth are curved inward, there is no venom duct, but thanks to the structure of the jaw bone expanding (up to 180°), it can swallow large prey.

Anaconda is a giant python that lives in the Amazon River basin, South America. They have an amphibious lifestyle but rarely climb trees because of their large body mass. This python species lives mainly in aquatic environments and inhabits tropical rain forests.

Anaconda can swim at a speed of 20 km/h and can stay underwater for up to 20 minutes. Like other snakes, they regularly molt. Female anacondas give birth to young, they can give birth to 10 to 50 young per litter (the record is 100 young).

Regarding living habits, Anaconda lives in water but does not eat aquatic products like fish. Their favorite prey are crocodiles, other snakes, goats and even leopards.

Newborn anaconda is about 75 cm long and weighs about 250 grams. Anaconda can live independently immediately and leave its mother just a few hours after being born. Anaconda pythons move quite slowly, so they often rely on their ability to “stealth” and surprise attacks to catch their prey.

Without too many enemies, an Anaconda can easily surpass the 10 – 12 year lifespan mark in the wild. In captivity, that number will reach 30 years. An adult anaconda can be up to 9m long and weigh 550kg. Their oversized size is probably only slightly inferior to that of the Asian python.

Regarding living habits, Anaconda lives in water but does not eat aquatic products like fish. Their favorite prey are crocodiles, other snakes, goats and even leopards.

With the remaining fossils, people reconstructed the image of this python and were surprised to find that their body was about 25 meters long and weighed more than 1 ton.

Jonathan Bloch, a paleontologist specializing in vertebrates at the University of Florida (USA), said that to this day, people still see some descendants of Titanoboa pythons. First of all, we must mention the largest rock python in Africa. An adult rock python has a length of up to 7 meters, even 10 meters. Their bodies are stout, long, with beautiful patterns, including brown, olive, chestnut and yellow.

A giant python was captured

This python species is present in most parts of Africa. However, in South Africa this python species has the largest weight and size. African rock pythons live in grasslands, areas near water banks (rivers, streams, swamps…) or near forests. This is an extremely aggressive python, ready to attack everything that moves before its eyes. An animal several times larger than them cannot escape death when entangled by them.

In India, pythons in the dense forests are also very terrible. When mature, they are about 6 meters long. They kill their prey by squeezing, causing the victim’s bones to crumble. It’s scary that in the natural environment, they can live up to 25 years. Similar are reticulated pythons in Australia and Indonesia.

Reticulated pythons live in tropical forests, warm places and near water sources. This is a quite special python. Although it can be up to 8.5 meters long, it is quite slender and extremely agile. This python is very dangerous, considered a man-eating python, so it is hunted. shot quite fiercely.

But, according to Jonathan Bloch, the largest python still alive today is still the Anaconda. Anaconda pythons move slowly, live alone but are very ferocious with sudden attacks that prevent their prey from escaping. When they go into the water, their favorite food is another aggressive species, the crocodile. People witnessed the life-and-death battles of Nanaconda pythons with crocodiles, and the winner always belonged to Anaconda.

They use sharp fangs to pin the crocodile’s body tightly, preventing the prey from escaping, then use their entire body to wrap around the prey, tightening it until the bones are broken. Anaconda pythons digest quite slowly, so they can fast for a long time, about a week before looking for another victim.

In Vietnam, many species of giant pythons have also been recorded. For example, in That Son mountain area (in An Hao commune, Tinh Bien, An Giang), there is still a giant python (people call it cloud tiger) up to 10 meters long, with a body so big that people can’t hug it all. rushing like a thunderstorm above the treetops. It is considered the ancestor of the very ferocious and poisonous python, also known as the python. People say that about 50 years ago, there were animals up to 15 meters long and weighing more than 400kg.