anacondas

[lanceinhispance]

stupid but i couldn't remember where to ask about anacondas any ways, do ancondas eat monkeys in their natural habitats. there is a kid in my class trying to tell me that in the the MOVIE Anaconda that the anaconda jumps out of the water into the trees and eats a monkey. also do anaconas live in forests? i feel kinda stupid asking these questions but oh well

[boydsnakes]

To look for anaconda info look in the boa fourm,as far as i know anaconda,s do not eat monkeys,i think they would be a bit of a small prey item,mabye for a small conda,and are you asking about the enviroment of a Yellow or Green anaconda?South america is their origin.

[Hamster of Borg]

Anacondas, like most snakes, are opportunistic feeders. They're also like most predators and would rather take an easy-to-catch meal than go to extra work for one. Monkeys are generally hard to catch, and too small to be much of a meal for a large anaconda. Not really worth the effort. Seems to me they'd prefer to take things on the immediate shoreline or already in the water - like capybara and caiman. Not to say that they wouldn't grab a monkey if they had the chance - not likely that it would jump from the water to the trees though. :)

They range through much of South America, mainly in and around high vegetation areas of rain forests of the Amazon and Orinoco basins and their tributaries.

Ham

[Auskan]

That movie 'Anaconda' was pure fiction. They don't grow as large as the one in the movie by a long shot, and they don't behave that way either.

[mk-ultra]

yep capybara is probably the main food source for anaconda :)

[C.m.pyrrhus]

Don forget, if you watch Austin Stevens they eat a lot of people too. Plus, you need to know Gung-fu to catch them, with many months of upper strength training.