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"Record-Breaking Discovery: Amazon's Massive New Anaconda Species"
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"Record-Breaking Giant Anaconda Uncovered in Amazon Rainforest During Documentary Filming"
Scientists have discovered the world's largest and heaviest snake, a 26-foot-long, 440-pound anaconda in the Amazon rainforest, previously undocumented and named 'Eunectes akayima'. The finding, made during a National Geographic expedition for a Disney+ series, revealed that the northern green anaconda is a separate species from the known southern green anaconda, diverging genetically 10 million years ago. This discovery is crucial for anaconda conservation as apex predators vital to their ecosystems.
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