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WANTED: ANACONDA

Guyana is home to one of the world’s most legendary creatures. It rarely encounters man, yet it has gained the reputation of being a merciless killer, even of humans. But how much of it is fact, and how much fiction? Join a crew of German wildlife photographers and biologists as they set out to find the truth behind the myth of the biggest snake in the world - the Anaconda.


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WANTED: ANACONDA
The expedition to find the longest anaconda in the world begins.

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IT WAS "THIS" BIG
The researchers use an underwater camera to measure an anaconda.

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MOMMA AND HER BABIES
The explorers come across a large mother anaconda who has just given birth.

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