A 500-pound female anaconda holds the record for the world's heaviest snake. Llanos anacondas are fast swimmers, and scientists found that they roam large territories. They are not poisonous, and kill by sinking their teeth into an animal, throwing coils around it and squeezing. They eat almost anything, from turtles to white-tailed deer. Reliable reports of people being eaten are rare.
Balls last four to six weeks and still baffle researchers.
DNA tests may answer the last question. But if other researchers don't take over when the Llanos study ends this year, answers to additional questions may slither out of the realm of science and back into the sphere of myth. Inc. All rights reserved.