| Are anacondas eating people now? Well in Hollywood | | | | the victim dies. |
| movies, yes. The most famous of the movie was | | | | It may also drag the animal underwater where the |
| the release of Anaconda in 1997 starring Jennifer | | | | combination of the constriction and drowning will |
| Lopez, Jon Voight, Ice Cube, Eric Stoltz and Owen | | | | cause its death. The anaconda will then eat the |
| Wilson. | | | | animal, whole, head first. While it does have teeth, a |
| That is where you can immediately appreciate a killer | | | | bite from an anaconda is not fatal and anacondas are |
| snake like the anaconda eating heads, foots and | | | | not poisonous. The teeth are used to hold prey, not |
| people! The movie is about a National Geographic film | | | | tear it open. Of course, anaconda movies would not |
| crew that picks up a crazy snake hunter looking to | | | | be nearly as suspenseful if they were based entirely |
| capture an anaconda. Sure, crazy snake hunter in the | | | | in reality. |
| rain forest may be a bit of a stretch but not beyond | | | | The other significant part of anaconda movies that |
| the realm of possibility. | | | | can be hard to swallow is how the snake is attacking |
| It is a movie after all and some suspension of | | | | people. In reality, anacondas are shy creatures and |
| disbelief is acceptable. The movie then proceeds with | | | | will generally avoid people. There are instances of |
| the anaconda causing all sorts of trouble for the | | | | anaconda attacks on people but they are very rare. |
| crew, stalking them, hunting them and waiting for | | | | There has to be just the right set of circumstances |
| them to make one wrong move so it can exact its | | | | available before an anaconda will resort to attacking a |
| vengeance. This is where all realism disappears. | | | | person. |
| The movie is a good one for those who like the | | | | Even the few known anaconda attacks on humans, |
| genre. It is at times campy and sometimes scary | | | | though, have not resulted in death. If a human is |
| with plenty of gore thrown in for good measure. | | | | attacked, odds are they will be able to escape with |
| Added to that is the anaconda itself, a CGI special | | | | some bumps and bruises, especially if not alone. |
| effect that was very well done if not at all an | | | | Whether or not anaconda movies constitute good |
| accurate depiction of the snake. The movie snake | | | | cinema is certainly debatable and prone to your own |
| was shown to be a stalker and hunter. It ripped at | | | | tastes. |
| its victim flesh when it was angry so it could eat | | | | However, whether or not they provide realism is |
| them. It threw the victims around a bit and generally | | | | easily answered: no. Anacondas do not act in a |
| wreaked havoc wherever it went. | | | | manner that is depicted in movies nor do they deal |
| The reality, however, is much different. Anacondas | | | | with the practical aspects of killing prey in the manner |
| do not stalk or hunt nor do they get mad. Instead | | | | depicted. Unfortunately, anaconda movies perpetuate |
| they wait and they eat. When prey gets close | | | | myths like anaconda eating people regarding these |
| enough it attacks by coiling around the animal and | | | | creatures but the truth is they are no real threat to |
| squeezing it, cutting off blood flow and air supply until | | | | humans at all. |