00:00Scientists discover new giant anaconda species in the Ecuadorian Amazon.
00:05A giant anaconda coils through dark water in the Ecuadorian Amazon.
00:10Researchers identified a massive anaconda lineage while studying snakes across South
00:15American wetlands.
00:17A northern green anaconda swims through Amazon floodplains using olive scales and dark markings
00:22to vanish under muddy water.
00:24Scientists measured huge anacondas in Ecuador, where some females can stretch over 20 feet
00:30and weigh hundreds of pounds.
00:32The Waurani people guided researchers through rainforest rivers, helping scientists find
00:38giant snakes in remote hunting grounds.
00:40A camera crew followed the expedition by canoe, filming anacondas sliding through flooded forest
00:46and river grass.
00:47Researchers compared DNA from green anacondas, revealing a northern group distinct from southern
00:53green anacondas.
00:55The new snake was named Eunectes acaima, linking the discovery to northern South American river
01:01systems.
01:03Anacondas wait in shallow water with eyes and nostrils raised, then grab prey near the bank.
01:08Wetlands, forests, canoes, DNA samples, and massive coils turned one expedition into a
01:14headline discovery.
01:16Oil activity, forest loss, and river pollution now threaten the same waters where the giant
01:21snake lives.
01:21A huge anaconda slips below brown water, while rainforest leaves shake along the river bank.
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