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tuesday may 18 on the discovery channel on animal face off they will show who would win in a fight anaconda or jaguar im putting my money on the anaconda. what do u guys thinks who will win and would it be a good fight or a 3 second knock out
CrazyCody

Full grown female green against full grown jaguar?
My money's on the snake.
I'm sure this battle, unlike most of the other ones on that show, actually happens from time to time.
I'll bet redhead has some stories to shed some light on the subject.

Arik

Adult anacondas have been known to eat jaguars. Not as far as babies, the jaguar has the upper hand but once adulthood hits...kiss the jaguar goodbye. Havn't you ever watched animal planet when jeff corwin is helping that lady (maria something) study anacondas...she studies them because they are the TOP of the food chain.

I doubt they will use an adult conda, they will probably use like a 12-15 footer for their example.
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Ok, I know all of you have seen the movie ANACONDA, right? What happend to the black jaguar in the movie?? In real life tho im sure that jag's have claimed more anaconda lives than anacondas taking a jag's life. BUT... adult female conda against a adult jag....HMMMMMM. In or out of water??? in water, the anaconda. Out of water, the jaguar. But we shall see.--Eric---

ANACONDA was such a bad movie if anacondas were really like that they would rule the earth and not us if u watch the movie closely u will see retics, burms, and i think i saw a ball pyton as well. i wish i could go to this magical place were snakes from all over the globe live. also i have never seen a show were some one was looking for an anaconda in a jungle or river there always in a swampy feild or in the llanos like renee do anacondas live in the jungle or do they like the swampy feilds better? i have also herd that anacondas can be found on islands in the caribean.
CrazyCody

ANACONDA was not THAT bad of movie. Have you ever seen BOA or PYTHON?? Those are bad snake movies. I dont know that much about were anacondas are in the wild but im sure that they ran into some wild anacondas along the filming of the movie. And you cant tell me that those young green anacondas near the end were not the cutest little critters. And you cant tell me if you were a snake that you wouldnt try to eat Jay Lo too. The movie did have its bad parts tho--Eric--

i saw BOA and PYTHON sadly. compared to ANACONDA, ANACONDA would win a golden globe or oscor or one othem movie awords i dont really watch them. but those babys at the end were really cute. and yes we all want to kill j-loe lol
CrazyCody

I have seen them all...python actually is one of my favorites but python 2 was almost as bad as boa. Anaconda was cool and yes, anacondas live in the jungle all over the amazon river system actually. The films you see in the llanos are because it is much easier to find anacondas in the dry season of the llanos since there is little water for the anacondas to hide and get away....they would never catch an anaconda in the middle of the largest river in the world. "Search for the Giant Green Anaconda" is the coolest documentary I have ever seen. And I think there are only two anacondas in the documentary and one is a young one they find in a large river. They even go exploring rainforest canopy for these big snakes...we all know you will not find them there and he did too...but it made for a cool documentary, If any of you have not seen it, try to...there is a village like floating right int the middle of the amazon river...out of nowhere it just pops up in the middle of the anazon river. and the documentary with renee and jesus, "anaconda: giant snake of the amazon"..we should all own it folks...this shows the HUGE range of the green anaconda. E.Dechauenseii is said to only be found on the marajo island. I actually think the movie anaconda hit it right on...the biggest anacondas are going to be places people are not. Think about it...what do we do when we find a big snake? we can't let something that cool keep its genes in the wild. And like renee said...the large anacondas will be where the food sources are larger...do you find a ton of deer in your back yard or do you find squirels? I bet you at one point there was a ton of deer. And as far as that question...if the snake fights how snakes fight..there is no match...an anaconda attack would be an ambush on the jaguar and once that coil wrapped there really isn't much any animal can do to get out of it if the coil is in the right place. now if the jaguar finds a little male scooting along the grass and wants to ambush that, anaconda has nothing...with this fight it should be all about who hits first and who is huting who. Jaguars are smart enough not to hunt adult anacondas..i believe in the documentary with renee it shows a smaller predatory cat eating a baby anaconda and mentions that this animal would not go near an adult anaconda. it would if it couldn't see it. Now here is something i have wondered...why does the side of a green anaconda look like the print on a jaguar? they dont hunt in the same place. now this is totally off the wall here...but possibly under water this blends in with a reflection of a jaguar getting a drink. it is on the side and anacondas are known for striking to the side...thats what mine does when i teased her..she moved from in front and nailed the little chicken from a 90 degree angle. Food for thought there...nice post crazycody.

Well not totaly snakes but it Conan the babarian. its the first conan. This is the only movie that I have seen yellow anacondas, and they just so happen to be in/on a water fountain. Some ting that all snake people will laugh at is the huge redtail with fangs.

You have a good point with the side striking. When my yellow was young I got tore up all the time. She would miss me alot with a straight on strike buy would get me every time with a side strike. I have been hunting around for those vidios on dvd but am having a little trouble. After my new baby is here I am going to step up my hunt.--Eric--

I assume your new baby is a green anaconda and i'll bet you are getting it from kelly...but you have been saying it for a while now...where is it and why isn't it here?

Kelly is a very good breeder, he makes SURE that all his snakes are eating rats well. Some of his are now taking rats and are able to go to good homes. It should be on my door step within the week. And yes it is the baby I speak of.--Eric--

I trust kelly's business. It is just that if his snakes are taking ft rats...why isn't it in your tank? Shipping is a one day thing...in fact I would be furious if a snake was not in my hands within 20 hours of leaving the hands of the person selling it. I trust kelly haller and everything he does...I have just been reading your posts and it was very obvious you were getting a snake from kelly for a long time now. If kelly is working with your particular snake for this long to assure you have a perfect animal that will take ft rats without hesitation and helps you clean its own cage...I am way more impressed with kelly than i thought. very cool and I plan on talking up kelly haller (as if he needs more) like i did with mark petros. I have met some shady people in this industry and i love to see a someone with that much dedication. when someone buys snakes from me, they get a life long person to help them with any problems. I regualrly call people and ask them how the snake is doing and regularly offer assistance. I recently sold a bci and I am furious because the person paid me a high amount for the snake and told me he really wanted the snake from me because he wanted to impress me. When i went to check on things the snake was in the worst conditions possible and his tokay gecko was somehow worse. soaking wet news paper was all this bci had in its cage and it was soiled with urine and feces. there was no hiding, climbing branch, or water source. I changed all this when i got there but i am urging this person to sell this snake back to me so i can find a home willing to take care of it. I have no idea how he managed to do this when i gave him a detailed list of care and made him buy everything and show it to me before i let him purchase the snake. the tokay was in a 10 gallon tank with a cd case for a lid, no substrate or water source. inside the tank was some junk including pennies and a lighter. I dont know if i could ever be a big breeder since i cannot disconnect myself with the babies i sell.

I cant tell you how much I am impressed with him. I first contacted him when they were just starting to eat and agreed to buy one. None were ready at that time and that was ok by me because that gave me time to prepare for his arrivle(cage). Now that he has some steady eating rats, some are able to go. So now at this point i am waiting on him to call me to say that its coming. There are alot of shady people out there that will just send you out a snake not even knowing if it eats or not(they my tell you a lie) Kelly was 2-3 steps above the best breeders that I looked at. I will buy yellows from several people but a green i wont, it MUST be the best quality. To get the best I waited and its hard to do when your impatient like me.--Eric--

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I actually convinced my girlfriend to let me rent that movie with her one night.