By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2024-10-01 20:22:47 | Updated at 2024-10-02 16:31:02
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Gruesome footage shows the moment a man was forced to bite a giant anaconda to stop himself from being crushed to death in a Brazilian river.
An onlooker filmed the terrifying near-death experience as the man sinks his teeth into the huge snake as it wrapped itself around him.
The video shows how he struggled with the powerful reptile as he stood in chest-deep water.
In a desperate bid to save himself, the man chomps down on the snake near its head, while another man can be seen grabbing its tail and a third tries to uncoil the water boa from a wooden boat.
More than half a minute passes until it eventually gives up and unwraps itself from its would-be victim.
An onlooker filmed the terrifying near-death experience as the man sinks his teeth into the huge snake as it wrapped itself around him in a Brazilian river
The video shows how he struggled with the powerful reptile as he stood in chest-deep water.
The victim's friend then grabs it by the neck as it is raised onto the boat in Terra Santa, in the Amazon rainforest on Sunday.
It is not known if the man sustained injuries after grappling with the powerful snake.
Anaconda attacks are rare but can occur in the rivers and creeks of the Amazon jungle, where the reptiles typically live.
The anaconda, also called water boa, is one of the largest snakes in the world but is not venomous.
They can grow to more than eight metres long and can weigh more than 200kg.
To kill their prey, they wrap their body around the animal and use their brute strength to squeeze it until it can no longer breathe, before swallowing it whole.
Another man can be seen grabbing its tail while a third tries to uncoil the water boa from a wooden boat
More than half a minute passes until it eventually gives up and unwraps itself from its would-be victim
The victim's friend then grabs it by the neck as it is raised onto the boat in Terra Santa in Brazil
The anaconda, also called water boa, is one of the largest snakes in the world but is not venomous (file image)
The attack comes weeks after two giant pythons were discovered in a British woodland.
The non-venemous snakes, which can grow up to six-feet long, are not big enough to kill an adult but could attack children and small pets.
A ball python, also known as a royal python was spotted in Huntsham Wood in Tiverton, Devon on August 30.
And two days later, a similar snake was found in the same area.
Staff from Tropiquaria Zoo, in Watchet, Somerset, came to rescue the animals which appeared to have been well-fed and cared for.
However as the snakes were found close together, experts believe they were likely deliberately abandoned by their owners.
Ball pythons live in grasslands, shrublands and open forests of west and central Africa and would struggle to survive in the wild during a British winter.
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