On the other hand, the python is no doubt the longest snake in the world. Swires, who immigrated to New Zealand in 2012m said that Guinness did not have a category for 'oldest snake living in captivity.' But they had no problems in creating a new one for Annie. Anaconda is the heaviest and the biggest snake in the world.
Unfortunately, she has never had any babies in her lifetime. He added that Annie lived in a separate enclosure and also had a heated pond.Īnnie was transferred to the Montecasino Bird and Reptile Park in 2004. I've collected many exotic snakes in my lifetime, so Annie the anaconda was just another one for my collection," Swires told News24. "I have always had a fascination with snakes, since the age of 13. In an interview with News24, Swires said he applied to have the snake recognized by the record-keeping organization as the oldest living snake. Before that, she was raised in Vryheid by her former owner Paul Swires from 1989 to 2004. According to her keepers, she eats one huge rabbit every two weeks.Īnnie, as she is called, is currently at the Monte Casino Bird and Reptile Park in Johannesburg, South Africa. The snake weighs more than 40 kgs and is more than 4 metres long.
On Wednesday, FWC spokesperson Bekah Nelson told the Tallahassee Democrat that the agency's Captive Wildlife staff are still trying to locate the reptile. The investigator told the owner to continue looking for the snake and contacted the FWC's Non-Native Fish and Wildlife Program. The owner told investigators that the snake, native to South America, may have been microchipped but he did not know its tag number. The owner said he soon fell asleep and forgot to put the snake, one of the largest species in the world, back in its cage. When he woke up the next morning, "he discovered that it had escaped," the report said. But on July 9, the owner opened the enclosure and allowed the snake to roam inside the screened-in porch. The report said the snake was typically kept inside an enclosure with a glass sliding door that was able to lock. Wild Tallahassee: Slither time: Humidity brings out snakes, skinks and 'useful friends' More animal news: Authorities investigating attempted molestation of horse at Tallahassee farm The anaconda is a semiaquatic snake found in tropical South America.
The owner's mother reported the most recent escape of her son's anaconda, according to a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) incident report.įrom the archive: Watch as LCSO detective captures anaconda Scientific name (green anaconda): Eunectes murinus Family name: Boidae Classification: Reptile IUCN status: Data deficient Lifespan (in wild): 10 years Weight: Up to 227kg Body length: 6 to 9m Diet: Carnivore Habitat: Swamps and rivers of tropical South America Range. These huge snakes are found in tropical South America and are found in or close to water.
This isn't the first time the snake has gone on the lam: It also slithered free four years ago. The green anaconda is the heaviest snake species on the planet. Augustine Road, on the evening of July 9, court records show. The anaconda - a prohibited non-native species called "aggressive" by its owner - gnawed a hole through the screened-in porch on Salamanca Court, just off Old St. What is length, size and weight of a Green Anaconda These snakes grow between 20 to 30 feet in length and weigh up to 550 pounds and grow up to 12 inches in diameter.
Their skin is olive green in color with an oval-shaped black spot on it. Watch Video: Watch it: LCSO deputy captures 9-foot-long Yellow AnacondaĬall it the great escape, part two: A Tallahassee man's 11-foot yellow anaconda escaped from his mother's house in early July, leading to charges and a search for the snake. The green anacondas are the largest among the species of anaconda.