- A giant snake measuring 33-feet long has been discovered on a building site in northern Brazil.
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The enormous reptile weighing 400kg was found by construction workers following an explosion in a cave in Altamira, Pará.
Footage filmed by one of the workers shows the snake’s gigantic body, which measures one metre in diameter.
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Constructions workers in Brazil were surprised to discover a giant anaconda on the site
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The enormous reptile weighing 400kg was found by construction workers following an explosion in a cave in Altamira, Pará
Incredible 10m giant anaconda snake caught in Brazil
One user wrote: ‘I’m not sure this is real, but if it is, shame on these people for killing it! A snake that big has probably been alive for a very long time now, just to be killed for a few pictures?? What a waste…’
The Guinness World Record for the longest snake in captivity is currently held by Medusa, a snake in Kansas City, US, which measures 25 ft 2in long.
The Belo Monte Dam is a hydroelectric dam complex under construction on the Xingu River.
It is set to be the fourth-largest dam installation in the world behind the Three Gorges Dam in China.
A video shows the anaconda was chained to a crane and later lifted up to reveal its yellow spotted belly
The Belo Monte Dam is a hydroelectric dam complex under construction on the Xingu River in Para, Brazil
