The anaconda is the world’s heaviest snake, weighing
250 kilograms. It’s about nine metres long, and females are usually
bigger than males. It’s found in South America where it lives in
tropical rainforests and river valleys. It likes to lie in warm water,
staying submerged for ten minutes at a time. It waits patiently to ambush
birds and animals that come to drink, and that’s why its eyes and
nostrils are on the top of its head.