Shawn Heflick’s favorite snakes

In this video, biologist Shawn Heflick tells us about the anaconda, one of his favorite snakes. This green snake with dark markings grows to more than 25 feet and is right at home in the water. A native the Amazon River Basin, it feeds on caimans, small tapirs and capybaras, large water rodents. Like all constrictors, the anaconda bites its prey and coils around it, tightening the grip each the animal exhales, suffocating it. The snake extends its flexible jaw and swallows its victim whole, head first.

To find out about some of Shawn’s other favorite snakes, check out his article in the August 2011 issue of Boys’ Life magazine.

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xyz // August 24, 2011 at 2:55 pm // Reply

woah he’s so comfortable with it!!

Snake lover // August 4, 2011 at 7:28 pm // Reply

i liked it

webhmom // August 3, 2011 at 9:17 pm // Reply

Please tell us more about the white snake. I traveled to the National Zoo and the Baltimore Aquarium to find out what it is. A gentleman at the aquarium thought it was a lucite retickulated python. But I could not find one on the internet.
Thank you.

YOYO // July 31, 2011 at 12:55 am // Reply

I like Cobras as well as boe constricters

Anonymous // July 30, 2011 at 8:32 pm // Reply

We also would like to know about the white snake.

:) // July 29, 2011 at 12:18 pm // Reply

I love it

me too // July 28, 2011 at 10:59 pm // Reply

Yes, please tell us what kind of snake that is on page 14!!!

herpsrok2 // July 28, 2011 at 10:35 am // Reply

i LOOVE snakes. when i went to get the mail, and saw my little brothers boys life magazine had a snake on he cover, i didn’t even give it to him! i read the article first! you are so awesome! thats what i want to do when i grow up!

Rman // July 30, 2011 at 8:41 pm // Reply

Are you nuts? I think their creepy!
- Foo // July 31, 2011 at 7:13 pm //
  
  Are you nuts? I think they’re cool!
- ejd045 // August 24, 2012 at 9:31 am //
  
  No I think your CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!