Watch the chilling video of a professor swimming alongside the colossal beast
THE world’s largest snake has been spotted lurking in the depths of the Amazon Rainforest.
The beast is a whopping 440lbs, three times the weight of the average human, 26ft long, and with a head the size of a human’s.
This Northern Green Anaconda was found by TV wildlife presenter Professor Freek Vonk in remote Brazil.
The colossal snake is far bigger than the previous biggest known species – the reticulated python, which averages 20ft 5ins long.
Before now, only one species of Green Anaconda – also called the Giant Anaconda – has been recognised in the Amazon.
The Northern Green Anaconda was published in a study in the scientific journal Diversity on 16 February.
Dutch biologist Professor Vonk, 40, was filmed swimming next to the enormous anaconda.
He said: “That one was 26 feet long and weighed 440lbs.”
He explained: “Together with 14 other scientists from nine countries, we discovered that the largest snake species in the world, the green anaconda.
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