This story might give a few readers nightmares. A giant
snake has been discovered in the Amazon rainforest. The monster serpent is
twenty-six feet long and weighs thirty-one stone. Its head is about the same
size as a human's. It has been christened the Northern Green Anaconda, Eunectes akayima. It is not venomous,
but still is potentially very dangerous. It is a predator and extremely strong;
and it kills its prey by "constriction", wrapping its body around
them and literally crushing them to death. It can swim very well, but, being a
reptile, breathes air on land with lungs. The discoverer, amusingly and
unusually, was a Dutch wildlife TV presenter with the name of Freek Vonk. There
is a video that shows Prof. Vonk swimming fully clothed through some water right
next to the snake. He gesticulates with excitement as he approaches the beast
very closely; and with as little fear as Steve Irwin. Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13103951/Worlds-biggest-snake-discovered-Amazon-rainforest-Huge-anaconda-measures-26ft-long-weighs-440lbs-head-size-humans.html.
If you happen to come across a Northern Green Anaconda I would recommend
treating it with caution and respect. Observe it from a safe distance. That
snake could easily take out a human if it wanted to; and snapping a few sensationalized
selfies with it is not a casual undertaking. As enormous as that specimen is,
there may be even bigger Northern Green Anacondas out there, or other new
species yet to be discovered. There are native legends of snakes in the Amazon,
such as the "Yacumama", that dwarf even this new discovery. A
discovery like this teaches us that we know less about our world than most
people think. There are vast regions that have barely been visited, or even
never visited; another example: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2016/12/more-pyramids-in-antarctica.html.
Therefore, why are people incredulous that there might by a large animal living
in the deep waters of a Scottish lake or walking upright through the forests of
North America ? I call for a "utopian zoological
season", where we drop all our preconceptions and indoctrination, and carry
out more rational investigations. Let's just give these ideas a chance!
See here for background: https://hpanwo.blogspot.com/2022/11/cryptozoology-portal.html.
See here for background: https://hpanwo.blogspot.com/2022/11/cryptozoology-portal.html.
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