Amazing footage reveals the moment a diver came face-to-face with a green anaconda – the largest living snake in the world.
Bartolomeo Bove was diving in the Formoso River in the State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil when he came upon a massive female anaconda.
The Formoso River runs through the Cerrado (the Brazilian Savannah) in the proximity of a city called Bonito, in the State of Mato Grosso do Sul, in Brazil.
The rivers and the bodies of water around the Bonito area are the only places in South America where Anacondas can be found in crystal clear waters, and therefore diving with them is possible. Other places where they are found are marshes and rivers too murky and turbid to take a dive in.
Watch the video below:
Here’s another video showing a dive with another massive anaconda. This clip is hosted by Jeremy Wade of ‘River Monsters’:
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