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She came through for a second time early this morning, giving birth sometime between midnight and 7 AM. There were 24 live young, 2 stillborn, and 8 unfertilized ova. They were very calm, with only a couple of the neonates giving a half-hearted strike as I pulled them all out. The rest payed little attention to my hand as I picked them up. They seem to have better color than previous litters, with all having a nice deep green background. This is the third litter sired by Jud’s great male, which is probably the calmest green anaconda on the planet. The neonates averaged 262 grams and 778 millimeters(~30 in.) in length. Very solid young snakes and very consistent in size compared to other litters. It will be interesting to see how the dates of first shed compare to her previous litter, which all shed earlier than most green anaconda neonates. I have posted a few photos below. Thanks for looking,

Kelly

Sure is nice to see you having success with those beasties. One of my favorite species. I

Very nice looking litter congrats! What were the size on the adults that produced them?

The female is just slightly over 14 feet and had a pre-breeding weight of 126 lbs. She weighed 92 lbs. after parturition yesterday. Jud's male is between 12 and 12.5 feet and weighs about 75 lbs. He is the largest male I know of. I believe him to be from the Amazon basin population, which could account for his size, but I cannot prove it for certain. Thanks,

Kelly

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It is amazing how big those guys come out. They definitely are nice animals.....one of these days when I have enough space!!!

For those of you not familar with this line of anacondas produced by Kelly Haller and Jud McClanahan, these snakes are genetically docile. Words alone really can't describe them. Last year I got a baby male green anaconda from Jud and of my 42 constrictors he is my favorite by far. The only one of my snakes that I can just reach in the cage and pick up by hand with no use of a hook what so ever. Even in full blue. This snake has never shown the slightest sign of aggresion-not even a hiss let alone a bump or strike. He displays a love to be handled and human interaction. He coils very gently on your arms, is not flighty, and loves to have his head rubbed. My green anaconda eats steadily on F/T rats and never refuses a meal. He does not exhibit the feeding response of a burm or retic. All of his littermates display the same tame behavior.

It is ironic that when a person comes to visit who wants to learn about snakes, the first one they handle is a green anaconda. I have had him at shows in crowds with many people handling him with no problem. If you are a serious herper and have the chance to get one of these wonderful anacondas, you owe it to yourself Please email me if you have any questions. Bill.
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...three years ago it was just another snake cult...
The Retic is King.
Anacondas-the other Dark Side.
Afrocks-the dark side of the Dark Side.

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