Anaconda
Anaconda
Reptile
One of the heaviest snakes in the world, a huge non-venomous constrictor of South American swamps and rivers that kills prey by coiling around it and squeezing.
Name Story
Eunectes murinus
means “The good swimmer, mouse-grey”
What does its name mean?
- Eunectes — good swimmerGreek eu 'good' + nektes 'swimmer'
- murinus — mouse-greyLatin, from mus 'mouse'
The heaviest snake in the world spends almost all its life in water, lying in wait to ambush — a true 'good swimmer' — and its everyday name simply means the quiet grey of a mouse.