Giant Anaconda Found Dead in Brazilian Amazon: Ana Julia, ‘World’s Largest Snake’, Allegedly Shot Dead by Hunters a Month After Biologists Discovered It (See Pic)

Just a month after its discovery by biologists, the world’s largest snake has been found dead in the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest. The giant anaconda, a previously unknown species, was discovered by a team of scientists during the filming of National Geographic’s Disney+ series, Pole to Pole with Will Smith. The researchers later gave this giant anaconda, the new species a Latin name Eunectes akayima, which means the Northern Green Anaconda. The enormous reptile, named Ana Julia, was located in the Formoso River in the rural area of Bonito in southern Brazil’s Mato Grosso do Sul State. Ana Julia, a 26-foot northern green anaconda, weighed approximately 440lbs (31 stone) and had a head the same size as a human’s. While there have been reports suggesting that the snake may have been shot dead by hunters, a Dutch researcher who was part of the team that discovered Ana Julia emphasised that the cause of death is still under investigation.

Ana Julia Found Dead

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