The python was later captured by NTU pest control officers, and appeared sluggish after the battle. The animals battled it out for about 20 minutes before the cobra slithered off into some nearby bushes. The python was shorter at an estimated 1.5-2 metres (5-6 feet) long.Ī large crowd gathered to watch the wrestling snakes, some sneaking dangerously close so they could snap photos. According to graduate student Abhishek Ambede, who witnessed the battle, the cobra was the longer of the two snakes, and looked to be about 3.6 metres (about 12 feet) in length.
You may not be impressed, but maybe the snakes are.Bystanders managed to capture images and footage of the snakes as they battled it out near the university’s Research Techno Plaza (RTP). Now, I hope my spelling was good, even if I’m not a scientist, but I do have a degree in art and anthropology. By the way, in The Jungle Book, it was a reticulated python that was trying to eat Mowgli, helping him to “stay in the jungle”. python is lighter in weight than a 20 ft. They need to look like leaves on the jungle floor, too. The pythons are ornately patterned snakes, seeing how they live in trees. A Burmese python, also…almost got the owner of the snake emporium in Wisconsin Dells. A reticulated python, like the anaconda, is sometimes big enough to eat a grown human. There is a sand boa, an Emerald (green) Tree boa, and a few others. An anaconda has a pattern of dark round spots on its lighter green, yellow or grey body. There is evidence, by the way, that whales started out on land. Anacondas, because of their bulk, live in or near water, and anything living in the water usually gets quite large, from hippos to whales, alligators and crocodiles and sharks. A boa can live where it wants….Emerald Tree boas live in trees. As Anacondas do constrict their prey as well.įrom past reading, it seems pythons are Old World constrictors (reticulated python being the longest), and the boas are the New World constrictors (anacondas, green, black or yellow being the bulkiest). The python, on the other hand, constricts and crushes animals before eating them.” “The anaconda bites its prey and drowns the poor creature in the water. That is why it can ambush hapless mammals and birds at night.”īurmese Pythons are readily hunting alligators in the water proving both these statements false. Meanwhile, the python loves to perch on trees and stay on drier land. This allows the snake to see preys while submerged in the water. The anaconda’s eyes are located on top of its head. “Anaconda is aquatic and lives in marshes, swamps, and rivers. This giant snake loves to eat mammals and birds only.” The python however is a bit choosy with its choice of food. In fact, some anacondas can overpower a crocodile and eat it whole. As long as the prey can be overpowered, then it is included in the anaconda menu. This is obvious when considering the Burmese python experience in Florida. But remember that anacondas are heavier and bulkier while pythons are longer and more agile. The python, on the other hand, constricts and crushes animals before eating them. The anaconda bites its prey and drowns the poor creature in the water. That is why it can ambush hapless mammals and birds at night. This giant snake loves to eat mammals and birds only.Īnaconda is aquatic and lives in marshes, swamps, and rivers.
However, a 20-foot anaconda will outweigh a much longer python. In contrast, the python can grow as long as 33 feet or more. An anaconda can weigh as much as 550 pounds or more and can grow up to 25 feet. On the other hand, the python is no doubt the longest snake in the world. It prowls the thick and dense forest of South Asia, South East Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa.Īnaconda is the heaviest and the biggest snake in the world. A python belongs to the family Pythonidae. However, anacondas and pythons belong to two different families of snake.Īnacondas belong to the boa family and are found in South America and the Amazon basin. Some people think that anaconda and python are one and the same. Pythons and Anacondas are no doubt the greatest snakes in the world.
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