Green Anaconda

Sam is a green anaconda, which is the largest of all snakes. The longest one ever recorded was in Colombia in 1994 measuring 37 ½ feet. Travelers have made references to 140-foot anacondas, but they were never confirmed. The anaconda usually stays submerged in the water waiting for prey and can hold its breath for 10 minutes, but will occasionally climb into a tree on a riverbank to drop in on a meal. An anaconda will go with out eating after a big meal for weeks or even months; one in captivity has gone with out eating for 2 years. They also secrete a brownish musk that is poisonous to small organisms believing to prevent ticks and leeches from attaching themselves.