The amazing moment a diver swam alongside the Green Anaconda, the largest living snake, was recorded on camera.
Professional underwater cameraman Bartolomeo Bove visited the Brazilian State of Mato Grosso do Sul in July to scuba dive in the Formoso River.
The seven-meter speckled snake, which is laying on the riverbed near the city of Bonito in the Cerrado region of Brazil, is visible to the camera as it pans around the area.
Then, as Bartolomeo sneaks a glance of the reptile above the underwater vegetation, it cuts to a footage of the animal wagging its tongue in the camera’s view.
The 90 kilogram monster slithers away from the camera while dipping its head and displaying its ivory-white scaled tummy.
The video cuts shows Bartolomeo lunging into the anaconda’s field of vision to get a better look at its face, but this is not enough to scare him off.
It waves its head in greeting to the spectator while staring into the camera with its beady flame-colored eyes.
In a film taken from a distance, the animal tries to contact the camera with its nose and seems curious about it.
The lizard glides away into the murky blue sea after appearing to have had enough of Bartolomeo’s attention and does an almost U-turn with its body.
Another film demonstrates the extent the cameraman will go to in order to obtain the right images. In a few of the frames, he is seen gently creeping alongside the snake while barely skimming the sand below. In the meantime, a different video is shot from above and shows the snake veering.
Bove stated that the only areas in South America where anacondas may be found in crystal clear waters, where diving with them is conceivable, are the rivers and bodies of water in the Bonito region.
The best time to dive with the magnificent animal is between the end of July and the beginning of August, when they emerge from hibernation.
The river’s water is always between 22 and 24 degrees, and since the air is usually colder in the winter than the water, anacondas spend more time submerged.
“As demonstrated in the clip, the anaconda swims calmly and peacefully, entirely oblivious to our presence; occasionally, she approaches curiously and licks the camera’s lens.”
The green anaconda is the biggest species of snake in the world – reaching up to 30ft in length and weighing up to 550lbs. Although reticulated pythons frequently reach lengths greater than this, they typically weigh just half as much.
Anacondas, which are found in South American rainforests, kill by encircling their victim with their lengthy bodies and then squeezing it with their tremendous muscles. The anaconda’s muscles contract when the victim exhales, gradually constricting the prey’s lungs until it dies of asphyxiation.
The anaconda, like the majority of snakes, has the ability to open its jaws and consume prey that is larger than it. Pigs, deer, caiman, birds, fish, and big rodents like capybara are just a few of the enormous species it will eat.
Although green anacondas have been known to attack young children, there have been no confirmed fatal assaults on adults.
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