Anaconda eating... Is this real plz tell me
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Anaconda eating... Is this real plz tell me
http://media.pipsip.com/fun/anaconda.jpg
Whether it is or not, 56k users will hate you for putting it into an image link...
I don't see how this relates to Russia, unless it happened in a Russian zoo or something.
I don't think that snake can eat that cow.
Why is that cow in the water anyway?
Ah, the power of Photoshop.
There really are some seriously bored graphic designers out there.
Well, they added a distorted snake reflection in the water, they must have been pretty damn bored in that case.
That should be on the America's funniest home videos:
python eating a 12 year old boy
What makes you think it's fake? It could just as well be real.
Good, but not the best. The funniest American Home Video is "Python eating a policeman" 8)Quote:
Originally Posted by adoc
It's not like the snake has actually swallowed that... ummm... animal (I can't make out what it is), only tasting, and there is nothing unnatural about that... I am not an expert but when I zoomed in to the limit of resolution, I did not see any clear mismatches of color patterns, so if this is a forgery then it's a very good one.
Even if this animal being dragged out of the water (while being consumed) was only a young calf, there's absolutely no way in hell even a snake that size could possibly dislocate it's jaw wide enough to fully consume such a beast. Anacondas do not attack and eat huge livestock, such as fully grown Bovine.
Besides, the environment (the cliff ledges, water pool) appear very manufactured - like a Zoo of some kind . . . and this 'cow' doesn't seem to fit those surroundings proportionately, anyway.
Yeah, that snake could consume that animal!!
I have done some google seaches and concluded that the photo is probably fake. :|
Anacondas can grow to a maximum of 9 meters and 250kg.
Cows can grow well over 500 kgs.
Here is a pic of the largest anaconda in the world
http://www.fearnfun.com/detail.php?deti ... 067d4617d7
Haven't you ever seen the movie Anaconda? :lol:
But seriously I don't see why it can't be real, and the artificial looking environment could easily be attributed to a zoo. In fact look what it says at Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaconda
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They typically feed on large rodents, tapirs, capybaras, deer, peccaries, fish, turtles, birds, sheep, dogs and aquatic reptiles like caiman. They have been known to occasionally prey on jaguars and attacks on humans can be confirmed, although this is rare. Younger anacondas feed on mice, rats, chicks, frogs and fish. Most local people kill these snakes on sight, out of the fear that they are man-eaters. In most instances, if an anaconda senses humans in the area, it will retreat in another direction. Human death by anaconda is quite rare.
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An anaconda of 9 meter can weigh up to about 1100 lb (500 kg). The well-fed ones typically weigh about a hundred kilograms per meter of length. A snake this large can kill a large bull or tapir easily; records show that female anacondas become sometimes larger than the ones captured. Zoological research has shown trails of snakes on the dry riverbeds on the llanos in Venezuela that indicate extremely large snakes awaiting discovery, some of them were more than 0.50 m wide
I think it's a kangaroo, not a cow :)
That ain't no kangaroo. Kangaroos have long necks.
Anacondas feed on full grown deer and pigs and one ate a jeweller while he was by a tree taking shelter from a storm, so why couldn't that snake at least be attempting to eat what ever that is in the photo?
I believe it, DDT. And yes, snakes consume all kinds of animals, and who knows what animal that bovine truly is - whether it's a Sr. or Jr. Bovine . . . the one in the original photo that doesn't look too comfortable being lifted by an Anaconda from that refreshing pool of water by it's nostrils. I wouldn't like it either. We're just trying to determine if this pic is a phony or not.Quote:
Originally Posted by DDT
OK, seriously - what animal is this? Is it really a cow or calf? I'm convinced this photograph has been professionally altered.
Well It's not a cow!
Quite true. The effort of attacking, killing and eating any Sr. or Jr. Bovine by that snake was certainly an attempt in that photo . . . but was doubtfully successful.Quote:
Originally Posted by DDT
Snakes will strike and eat anything whatever their lousy eyesight permits . . . especially Jr. Bovine.
I'm with Basusero on this one; I see no reason to doubt this photo's accuracy. There was this photo making the internet rounds lately -- different snake and victim, but I think it would lead credence to this being true - especially something that looks like it's been tossed into a zoo exhibit and that looks tasty:
http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/snakegator.asp
That was partly what I meant with my second post because photomanipulators tend to forget things like adding reflections and shadows.Quote:
Originally Posted by basurero
And, who says the snake could eat it from that angle, it may just think it can before it gives up and slithers down a bit more to have another attempt from ground.
I thought it was a deer at first, I can't say it looks that much like a calf.
:o
We have finally found the common factor between the US and Russia!
You both seem to have cows with no hooves, front legs that are much shorter than the hind legs, and a tail that is longer than the body! :o
Here in Europe, we only have normal cows.... :( :oops:
As in Oz, apparently - thank you, DDT, I thought I had gone crazy! :o :lol: )
:P :lol:
Basurero - roos may have a longer neck.... but wallabies don't.
Also, wallabies are much smaller than roos - they're often even smaller than the sheep that anacondas are fed on in zoos, apparently......
So.....
A bovine wallaby?!
Or a bad case of the cow jumping over the moon?! :lol:
Here's another pic for youse:
http://www.wizznutzz.com/images/wallaby.jpg
Dunno what kind of snake it is, but they don't get that much bigger than anacondas, do they?
:wink:
I guess, in addition to cows Europe is also the homeland of sarcasm. :lol:
:lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by adoc
Don't worry, Adoc dear, this cow was only displaying mild irony this time... :lol:
- I was only teasing you guys a bit..... :wink:
( !!! note to the non- Western Europeans, and to the Russians in particular: teasing and irony are really signs of affection where I come from, believe it or not. :) I'm just saying it, as I have noticed on many an occasion that Russians went into light shock when being teased, especially by Scandinavians who are particularly bad (or good, depending on how you look at it ;)). So don't worry if I seem to be throwing flowers at you without having removed the flowerpot - it's just my Nordic genes playing up..... :lol:
And I do like you guys :) )
BTW, I don't do sarcasm - it's too negative..... :| Being negative gives you wrinkles.... :wink: