00:00:04Venezuela you’re 13 feet long and you
00:00:09are hungry no make that you are starving
00:00:13and you’ve got your little asides on the
00:00:17largest rodents on the planet
00:00:20capybaras adults can grow more than four
00:00:24feet long and can top 100 pounds you be
00:00:29anaconda can’t really see your prey all
00:00:31that well but your tongue pulls in scent
00:00:35molecules that tell you this is the
00:00:37massive meal you want to swallow in one
00:00:39prolonged gulp both you and the cat
00:00:43laverra’s spend most of your time in the
00:00:45water and one unfortunate capybara will
00:00:48have nowhere to hide when you hunt it at
00:00:51high speed you slither under water
00:00:54popping your head out to make sure your
00:00:57aim is true the big reason you’re so
00:01:02focused on a satisfying meal is that
00:01:05you’re about to mate and only well-fed
00:01:07snakes breathe successfully once you get
00:01:10pregnant you won’t eat again until your
00:01:13babies are born 7 months later so you’d
00:01:17better stuff yourself to the scales now
00:01:32these birds can save themselves but the
00:01:36capivara
00:01:38it’s a goner anacondas don’t poison
00:01:42their prey they ambush them they bite
00:01:46then coil around and crush the surprised
00:01:50creature to death your death grip is so
00:01:53fierce the victim not only can’t breathe
00:01:56its blood can’t circulate you’ve
00:01:59suffered for this meal the capybara took
00:02:02a bite out of you but you get the last
00:02:05laugh when your elastic jaws begin
00:02:08swallowing your enormous victim head
00:02:11first your last meal before mating has
00:02:20taken six hours to ingest not digest
00:02:24just get it into your gut
00:02:34the digestion takes several days after
00:02:39that you’ll be fit and full ready for
00:02:42that successful breeding
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