World's Largest Snake Species: Scientists have made a recent major discovery relating to the world of reptiles and the internet is going crazy for all the obvious reasons. Remember all the exaggerated anaconda movies that showed overly sized snakes racing around to eat people? Well, that still is an exaggeration, but the point is that the newly discovered green anaconda species is surely no less scary from the ones that we saw in those films. Scientists did make a major discovery as they recently came across the biggest snake species in the world. The previously undocumented snake species can reportedly grow up to 7.5m and weigh 500kg, according to experts. The said giant anaconda was discovered in the Amazon. 

The discovery was made during the filming of ‘Pole to Pole with Will Smith’, a National Geographic’s Disney+ series. Green anacondas are believed to be one of the heaviest and largest snake species in the world and are mostly found in South America. However, the recent discovery split the species into two, giving recognition to the new ‘northern green anaconda’ species, also known as Eunectes akayima. As per the studies, the two species were diverted millions of years ago. 

A video of the snake from the newly discovered species was shared on social media as well, which went viral. 

The video was shared on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter), by the user ‘DennD68’. The post was captioned, “The world's largest snake has been discovered in the Amazon Rainforest: The Northern Green Anaconda measures 26 feet long and weighs 440 lbs - and its head is the same size as a human's.”

Watch the viral video:

The video went viral and left people with all kinds of questions. Most opened up about their fear of snakes, while the rest expressed their concerns for the team going so near to the deadly reptile. Some also found the anaconda beautiful. The post was shared today and pulled thousands of views.

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Taking to the comment section, people shared their take. “How do they know the weight? A bit like all the info about space I imagine,” a user said. “New fear Unlocked. getting shivers just watching a video,” added a second person. “Absolutely amazing,” said a third. “How is it not attacking them? Also, this is very scary. We really do know nothing about mother nature and its powers,” added a fourth.

“Hats off to the team and the man who is so confident about the snake and is so near to it. On the other hand, it's scary but looks beautiful,” added another. “What even is this? I thought this was mostly a thing of the past. Like millions of years ago, but it turns out no,” said another. 

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