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 Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 7:08 pm
ANACONDAAA
condensing Jormungandr into the world's largest REAL snake
a hiccup quest by hostel_en_frunk
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Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 7:31 pm
Vessel InformationThe Green Anaconda is almost the world's largest snake reaching 6–10m (19.8 to 33 feet) long, rivaled only by the reticulated python (python reticulatus). Although there have been reports of snakes 15-20m being seen and tales of snakes ranging from 40-50m long, it is highly unlikely that these snakes could get any longer than 15m at the most. The heaviest one found weighed around 250kg.
The color pattern consists of olive green background overlaid with black blotches along the length of the body. The head is narrow compared to the rest of the body, usually with distinctive orange-yellow striping on either side.
Local names in South America include the Spanish term "matatoro," meaning "bull killer," and the Native American terms sucuri and "yakumama" in the Peruvian region of the Amazon, which means "mother of the water" in the language of the Amazonian Yakurunas or "water people".
Found in South America in countries east of the Andes, including Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil and on the island of Trinidad. The type locality given is "America."
The primarily nocturnal anaconda species tend to spend most of its life in or around water. Anacondas are also sometimes known as the “Water Boa”; they spend more time in water than any of the boas. Because of their large size, they appear rather slow and sluggish when traveling on land. Completely the opposite in water, however, anacondas are known to have the potential to reach incredibly high speeds in all depths of water. One tends to float atop the surface of the water with its snout barely poking out above the surface. When prey passes by or stops to drink, a hungry anaconda will snatch it with its jaws (without eating or swallowing it) and coil around it with its body. The snake will then constrict until it has successfully suffocated incapacitated the victim. Although it is commonly accepted that the snake suffocates its prey, it has been discovered that it is literally crushing its prey to death. It does this by generating a pressure of nearly two tons per square inch, roughly equal to the weight of a city bus.
These snakes are among the most dramatized and most terrifying of villains portrayed in natural horror films, supposedly growing to over 120 feet in length and able to swallow adult humans; traits that are occasionally also attributed to other species, such as the Burmese python and the boa constrictor. Among the most popular snake films that feature it are the 1997 film, Anaconda, along with its two sequels Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid and Anaconda 3: The Offspring. This species is also the main antagonist in Mathias Bradley's novel, Anacondas: The Terror of the Amazon Rainforest, in which multiple hybrid anacondas escape from a research facility in the Amazon Rainforest and come into contact with a toxic chemical that causes them to rapidly mutate into gigantic snakes.
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Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 7:38 pm
Spirit InformationAlthough be was born in India, he found himself traveling from quite a young age, unable to stay in one place very often. He become bored rather quickly in each place he visited, and would soon move on to the next town, and the next, until he found himself in Bangladesh. He was soon taken in as one of three young apprentices to a ‘professional’ snake charmer there, and forced to work for him the very few remaining years of his short young life.
He was bitten and poisoned to death by an aggravated Cobra that he was trying to capture for his teacher (who had recently 'lost' his last one) and he died alone in the forest. He was unable to return home for help due to the fast acting poison, which quickly paralyzed, then killed him. (more info on the particular snake he was bitten by, here)
Two prominent Seasonal attributes: Depending on whether or not I win him in a restricted season contest. Summer is preferable, however.
[summer] hot-headed, restless.
[autumn] evasive, scatterbrained
[winter] stubborn, competitive
[spring] impulsive, clumsy
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