| 单词 | anaconda |
| 例句 | Sleepiness and slothfulness keep it out of harm’s way, away from the notice of jaguars, ocelots, harpy eagles and anacondas. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “I think if a snake came along, even an anaconda, and you were in harm’s way, that snake wouldn’t stand a chance.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I also loved stories of wolves, bears, and wolverines in North America and Canada, jaguars anacondas and sloths in South America, orangutans, Indian elephants, and tapirs in Asia, and so on. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z On the second level belonged the enemies of strength: anacondas and rhinos and crocodiles of over twenty feet. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Totally taken over by her anaconda love, she had no self left, no fears, no wants, no intelligence that was her own. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “Naw, I don’t want to take it out in the car. Some passing motorist might call the highway department and claim he saw two men wrestling an anaconda.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your mom would do that too, with one pinky, while fighting off that anaconda with her other hand. To protect you, she’d do just about anything.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He’s going to keep slashing his way through the Amazon, hunting down perfectly innocent anacondas and forcing them to ingest his special helmet, all in an effort to preserve the environment. 'Eaten Alive': Or how to make a giant anaconda boring 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z It looks like a metal anaconda folded snugly four times. Music Review: Oscar Bianchi’s ‘Matra’ Debuts at the MATA Festival 2014-04-20T20:25:50Z An anaconda is spotted and immediately assaulted by everyone. 'Eaten Alive': Or how to make a giant anaconda boring 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z At last, the anaconda tries to eat Paul’s head but then, wouldn’t you know, it starts to hurt. 'Eaten Alive': Or how to make a giant anaconda boring 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z After all, the show was called Eaten Alive and its official programming guide description told viewers that a man “enters the belly of an anaconda.” 'Eaten Alive' Viewers Outraged Man Wasn't Actually Eaten Alive 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z Other dishes have more ballast, but nothing will make you feel like an anaconda. Restaurant Review: El Rey Coffee Bar & Luncheonette on the Lower East Side 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z The next day, the fateful words come over the walkie-talkie: “Paul we have an anaconda… get over here” And everyone jumps in the water. 'Eaten Alive': Or how to make a giant anaconda boring 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z Armed with a special Black Night suit, designed to keep him from getting squished, he is going to trek through the Amazon in search of a giant green anaconda and then make it eat him. 'Eaten Alive': Or how to make a giant anaconda boring 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z Here’s where the ocelot, poison dart frogs, golden lion tamarins and yellow anaconda live. Gloom got you down? Try these 8 family-friendly tropical escapes in the Seattle area. 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z In Britain, with a relatively mild climate, the biggest snake is about six feet long, while in the modern-day Amazon basin, anacondas might reach 25 feet. | 'Titanoboa: Monster Snake': ?Titanoboa: Monster Snake? on Smithsonian Channel 2012-03-30T21:45:32Z Ten years ago, Paul ventured alone “into the Amazon abyss” to live among the green anaconda. 'Eaten Alive': Or how to make a giant anaconda boring 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z Last decade, the return of the repressed looked like an entire pork shoulder torn apart by people who would leave the table with the glazed look of an anaconda that happened across a slow-moving deer. Restaurant Review: El Rey Coffee Bar & Luncheonette on the Lower East Side 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z A filmmaker force-feeds himself to an anaconda in the ill-advised stunt special "Eaten Alive." TV This Week Dec. 7 -13: 'The Red Tent' on Lifetime 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z So next morning we got up at dawn and paddled down the long lake watching for anacondas in the reed beds. Ecuador’s Yasuni park: where oil vies with tourism for the rainforest 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z Back in December, the Discovery Channel seemed to promise viewers that they would get a glimpse of a man being swallowed whole by an anaconda in a special called Eaten Alive. Discovery Channel Apologizes for That 'Misleading' 'Eaten Alive' Special 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z His descriptions of the hardship of fieldwork — the anaconda that almost took his head off, the termites he finds in his shoes in the morning and the pleasures of smoked armadillo — are equally so. ‘Noble Savages’: fierce tribes and occupational hazards 2013-02-13T22:32:44Z Which, according to Paul, is proof that an enormous anaconda must be nearby. 'Eaten Alive': Or how to make a giant anaconda boring 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z Also, because human’s are not an anaconda’s natural prey, they are covering Paul in pig’s blood. 'Eaten Alive': Or how to make a giant anaconda boring 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z As luck would have it, I wasn't finding many anacondas. "Wildcat" directors on shooting challenges: "How can you tell this story if you can't film the cat?" 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z In the program, there’s a scene in which four researchers are struggling to hold onto an annoyed green anaconda in the wetlands of Venezuela that looks to be about 20 feet long. | 'Titanoboa: Monster Snake': ?Titanoboa: Monster Snake? on Smithsonian Channel 2012-03-30T21:45:32Z Ah, the annual race to establish the next holiday classic: First, Christopher Walken as Captain Hook, now a guy who is intentionally attempting to be eaten by a giant anaconda. 'Eaten Alive': Or how to make a giant anaconda boring 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z “It was the best year of my life,” she said, recalling banana trees in the backyard and an anaconda that slithered across the street. Lady Bunny Is Still the Shadiest Queen Around 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z Fortunately he knows a guy who can hook him up with a 20-foot anaconda. 'Eaten Alive': Or how to make a giant anaconda boring 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z She did not mention the anaconda, which another lucky group of travelers ran into on an excursion. Personal Journeys : Pink Dolphins and Sunsets Along the Amazon 2014-04-11T18:08:34Z She briefly catches a giant, speckled, yellow anaconda—it’s an impressively spotty encounter—and then, astonishingly, wrestles a huge caiman alligator into submission and gives it a good chomp. “Hostile Planet”: Animals Are Struggling to Adapt, and National Geographic Is, Too 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z Apparently the only thing worse than promising a man will be eaten alive by an anaconda is for a man to not be eaten alive by an anaconda. 'Eaten Alive' Viewers Outraged Man Wasn't Actually Eaten Alive 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z I went down to the Peruvian rainforest where I knew there was a group of people who were doing a study on anacondas. "Wildcat" directors on shooting challenges: "How can you tell this story if you can't film the cat?" 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z I was looking for a new story for National Geographic and I thought it would be interesting to put together a story on anacondas. "Wildcat" directors on shooting challenges: "How can you tell this story if you can't film the cat?" 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z Seriously, never has the body language of an anaconda so clearly said: “For the love of God, guys, I was just trying to make a quick trip to Trader Joe’s. Can you just back off?” 'Eaten Alive': Or how to make a giant anaconda boring 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z We paddled through flooded forests looking for anacondas and fished for piranhas along a small creek. Bears, Binoculars and Bucket-List Birds: A 15-Day Tour in Ecuador 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z Later that day, I set off with another guide, Jeremias Tumay, to search for anacondas in another corner of the ranch, this time on horseback. On a Colombian Savanna, Hawks, Caimans and So Many Stars 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z More backs, more walking, more reckless vine hacking, but “no anacondas today.” 'Eaten Alive': Or how to make a giant anaconda boring 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z Wait, now they’re saying humans are not the prey of choice for anaconda. 'Eaten Alive': Or how to make a giant anaconda boring 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z Because an enormous anaconda would need to eat a lot of animals. 'Eaten Alive': Or how to make a giant anaconda boring 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z The anaconda refused to squeeze Paul along his sensor belt so they couldn’t get a precise gauge of the constriction. 'Eaten Alive': Or how to make a giant anaconda boring 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z Because anaconda’s may be long, but life is short. 'Eaten Alive': Or how to make a giant anaconda boring 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z In 2021, researchers discovered two female California Condors were able to reproduce without males while two years earlier, a female anaconda got pregnant by herself in a Boston aquarium. Why a crocodile’s ‘virgin birth’ isn’t a miracle 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z Soon enough, as, erm, everyone’s relations overlap and become more complicated, it feels like an anaconda is wrapped around the entire resort, slowly tightening, tightening, tightening. Review | HBO’s ‘The White Lotus’ returns for Season 2 with sex on its mind 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z Before entering the cage, the rules were laid out — “You can do ground strikes, okay? But no knees, no leg locks, no anacondas, no guillotines, all right?” the ref leaned down and said. The rise of youth cage-fighting Some of their larger relatives, anacondas, can eat capybara and deer, and there have been some instances of pythons eating people. How Boa Constrictors Breathe While Squeezing the Life Out of Their Prey 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z Home to jaguars, pink river dolphins, anacondas and myriad other species, the Amazon - which in some parts has been barely touched by developers - is considered by researchers to be key to curbing climate change. Indigenous communities meet in Ecuador to demand end to extractive industries 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z He called his strategy the Anaconda Plan because it would squeeze the Confederacy like an anaconda, a huge snake. myWorld: Building Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s the Irwins Robert handles an aggressive wombat and it’s moving day for a giant anaconda. What's on TV Saturday: 'The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard' on HBO; Austin City Limits' on PBS 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z I like anaconda and interesting Adansonia that are as big as me. How a 'crazy plant lady' went from designing fairy gardens to owning two plant shops 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z Migrants also hurried to retrieve supplies Monday because they knew the Rio Grande would rise chest high by 4 p.m., with currents one man compared to an anaconda, squeezing as it sucks you under. Confined to U.S. border camp, Haitian migrants wade to Mexico for supplies 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z Pico, 24, produced a wrestling clinic as he took Lee to the canvas on multiple occasions before eventually finishing his man via anaconda choke. Bellator 260 - report, highlights and full replay 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z Noted East Asia scholar Perry Link once called China “the anaconda in the chandelier.” Perspective | China controls the IOC and Olympic sponsors the way it governs its citizens: Through fear 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z Giving up his hopes of being rescued near the wreckage, Mr. Sena embarked on what turned out to be a 17-mile trek through the rainforest, home to jaguars, venomous insects and anacondas. His Plane Crashed in the Amazon. Then Came the Hard Part. 2021-03-28T04:00:00Z But we might yet be able to rid our state of tegus and prevent species like green anacondas from becoming part of the landscape. Editorial Roundup: Florida 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z To judge by popular movies, people who live in the Brazilian Amazon are at constant risk of being attacked by huge tarantulas, squeezed to death by giant anacondas and being eaten alive by voracious piranhas. Blame Poverty, Not the Poor, for COVID-19's Spread in Brazil's Amazon 2020-08-08T04:00:00Z A town sheriff has to find a way to kill a gigantic crocodile and anaconda before they kill and destroy the whole town. Movies on TV this week: 'Giant' on TCM 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z The anaconda in the chandelier is the most apt description ever written of how Beijing’s leaders insinuate their power on others. Perspective | China controls the IOC and Olympic sponsors the way it governs its citizens: Through fear 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z He selected sides with enough technical quality to play “securely” under City’s anaconda pressure. Manchester City Looks Unbeatable. These Coaches Know It’s Not. 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z Adams deploys the anaconda squeeze in his win over English IM Richard Pert, depriving his opponent of any useful moves out of a Caro-Kann Advance until Black’s game collapses of asphyxiation. A chess finale worthy of the moment at Washington International 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z Anna, an 8-year-old anaconda at the New England Aquarium in Boston, used the extremely rare reproductive strategy called parthenogenesis, which resulted in two living baby anacondas, a press release from the aquarium said. 10-foot anaconda gives birth to two ‘clones’ without male in Boston aquarium 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z But neither incident compared to the time a 22-foot anaconda swallowed his arm, up to the shoulder. Jim Fowler, intrepid host of ‘Wild Kingdom’ nature series, dies at 89 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z They’re facilitating a dangerously aggressive encroachment of the anaconda to our own doorsteps. Perspective | China controls the IOC and Olympic sponsors the way it governs its citizens: Through fear 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z Seeing the whole of an accelerator requires some serious gymnastika, scaling perilously steep stairs and dodging anacondas of hanging wires. A storied Russian lab is trying to push the periodic table past its limits—and uncover exotic new elements 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z But he was fascinated and appalled by the roadside carnage: caimans, anacondas, giant black-necked storks called jabirus and, once, a dead giant anteater with her cub, still alive, clutching her back. In Brazil, Animals Cross a Road of No Return 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z This is only the second confirmed case of parthenogenesis in a green anaconda. 10-foot anaconda gives birth to two ‘clones’ without male in Boston aquarium 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z I feel like an anaconda that just ate a huge water buffalo. Trump Engaged in Suspect Tax Schemes as He Reaped Riches From His Father 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z Here is how far the anaconda has slithered into your good old-fashioned American goods. Perspective | China controls the IOC and Olympic sponsors the way it governs its citizens: Through fear 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z There was the anaconda which would squeeze the most attractive women a little tighter than the others. A life among foul-mouthed parrots and frisky snakes 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z The China scholar Perry Link once called the party “the anaconda in the chandelier.” China’s Strategy to Psych Out the West Is Paying Off 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z The thinner anaconda is “laid back” and the heavier one is “more apt to explore,” the release said. 10-foot anaconda gives birth to two ‘clones’ without male in Boston aquarium 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z The legendary anaconda, the largest snake in the world, is now a selfie target for tourists travelling to the Amazon. ‘Wildlife selfies’ aren’t cute. They encourage cruelty and animal suffering | Steve McIvor 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z Here’s how the anaconda gets into your T-shirt. Perspective | China controls the IOC and Olympic sponsors the way it governs its citizens: Through fear 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z Her parents even bought a wall-to-wall terrarium, filling it with three massive snakes: a Burmese python, an anaconda and a boa constrictor. Her 'Blackfish' changed minds about SeaWorld's orcas, now Gabriela Cowperthwaite is telling a dog's story 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z Local guides report sightings of panthers, pumas, anaconda, pink dolphins and six-metre long alligators. Wild Amazon faces destruction as Brazil’s farmers and loggers target national park 2017-05-27T04:00:00Z With the enthusiasm of a boxing fan, he showed me a video of a captured ocelot sparring with an anaconda. Colombia’s Guerrillas Come Out of the Jungle 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z It is perfectly possible to travel for days without seeing any wildlife, let alone an anaconda, which would slither away at the sound of oncoming canoes. Perspective | The hero of ‘The Lost City of Z’ was no hero 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z Here is how the anaconda gets into your phone. Perspective | China controls the IOC and Olympic sponsors the way it governs its citizens: Through fear 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z There were vampire bats and scorpions and anacondas. The Lost City of Z 2005-09-12T04:00:00Z The league described it as a yellow anaconda and said it was but a juvenile. Snake in Virginia toilet was not a plumber’s tool 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z A control officer retrieved the snake, which was determined to be a juvenile yellow anaconda. Anaconda in toilet catches Arlington resident off guard 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z The cover illustration, drawn by Fawcett, shows an anaconda as long as a canoe menacing the intrepid explorers and their Indian helpers as Fawcett raises a gun to shoot it. Perspective | The hero of ‘The Lost City of Z’ was no hero 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z When IOC President Thomas Bach was confronted in March about the possibility that it is colluding in torture and slave-driving, you could almost feel his eye on the anaconda. Perspective | China controls the IOC and Olympic sponsors the way it governs its citizens: Through fear 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z The snake was initially believed to be a python, but DNA tests on a 12-foot snakeskin found in the woods indicate it’s actually an anaconda. Triathletes to swim in river that’s home to giant snake 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z It was an anaconda, an exotic slitherer more commonly associated with South America than with Northern Virginia. Snake in Virginia toilet was not a plumber’s tool 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z But given the snake’s size and age, Rivas suspects that its owners were dedicated, and he maintains instead that the anaconda got out of its enclosure. Giant Anaconda Skin Stokes Mystery of Maine’s Elusive 'Wessie' 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z A Texas scientist who ran tests on a large snake skin found in the Maine city of Westbrook says Tuesday the tests came back as "100 percent from anaconda." Believed python perplexing Maine city actually an anaconda 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z A Texas scientist who ran tests on a large snake skin found in the Maine city of Westbrook says Tuesday the tests came back as “100 percent from anaconda.” Believed python perplexing Maine city actually an anaconda 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z A Texas scientist who ran tests on a large snake skin found in the Maine city of Westbrook says Tuesday they came back as “100 percent from anaconda.” Believed python perplexing Maine city actually an anaconda 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z In 2002, Perry Link, a professor of Chinese now at the University of California, Riverside, likened Chinese censorship to an “anaconda in the chandelier,” which works through implicit threats that encourage self-censorship. Revamped Chinese History Journal Welcomes Hard-Line Writers 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z If Wessie’s owners accidentally lost her, however, there’s a good reason why they aren’t putting up “Lost Pet” signs: it’s illegal in Maine to own an anaconda. Giant Anaconda Skin Stokes Mystery of Maine’s Elusive 'Wessie' 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z Legend holds that Maria Lionza, the daughter of an indigenous chief and a European colonizer, battled a massive anaconda until the serpent exploded - causing torrential rains that are typical of the jungle surrounding Sorte. Venezuelans seek spirituality from mountain goddess, African traditions 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z The marines “were choking off ‘El Chapo’s’ movements like a huge anaconda,” Mr. Vigil said. ‘El Chapo’ Returns to Prison in Mexico 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z When they finally arrived, they saw some creatures like pink river dolphins, which Rob Simpson said are “really rare creatures,” in addition to eels, anacondas, piranhas and crocodiles. 2 globe-trotting college professors bring world to class 2015-10-03T04:00:00Z Yellow anacondas are found naturally in Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, western Brazil and north-eastern Argentina. Mystery of anaconda found in Edinburgh street - BBC News 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z “If there is an anaconda, it’ll be dead pretty soon,” says Lally. Giant Anaconda Skin Stokes Mystery of Maine’s Elusive 'Wessie' 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z Watch a video of an anaconda stalking a capybara. Why We Were Totally Wrong About How Boa Constrictors Kill 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z Three years ago, the Fish and Wildlife Service banned imports and interstate transport of four species of constrictors: Burmese pythons, yellow anacondas and northern and southern African pythons. The Snake That’s Eating Florida 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z Fish and Wildlife Service announced the prohibitions on the reticulated python, DeSchauensee’s anaconda, green anaconda and Beni anaconda Friday at a wildlife refuge in Florida. Ferguson, Mo., fires three employees after scathing Justice Dept. review 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z As of 2012, the restrictions, under the Lacey Act, applied to the Burmese python, yellow anaconda, and northern and southern African pythons. U.S. Constricts Snake Trade, But Boa Wriggles Free 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z “The only one in danger here is the anaconda.” Giant Anaconda Skin Stokes Mystery of Maine’s Elusive 'Wessie' 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z Conventional wisdom held that pythons and anacondas suffocate their prey. Why We Were Totally Wrong About How Boa Constrictors Kill 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z Most recently, animal rights activists were angered by the “Eaten Alive” premise of an explorer who would be swallowed by a giant anaconda. Discovery’s new boss says so long to giant snakes 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z I saw a gigantic anaconda hovering over me, for hours, pounding the center of my chest so hard it actually felt like somebody was punching me in the chest. Ayahuasca Can Help You Communicate with Plant Spirits, and Heal Your Body and Mind Well the show aired last night and, surprise surprise, Rosolie was not actually eaten by an anaconda. Why It Doesn't Matter That Paul Rosolie Wasn't Eaten By An Anaconda 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z But if Westbrook is legitimately home to a loose anaconda, Lally thinks that it was released into the wild by its owners, perhaps because they could no longer care for it. Giant Anaconda Skin Stokes Mystery of Maine’s Elusive 'Wessie' 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z "Almost every time an anaconda takes something down, it's putting its face on that animal," says Rosolie, who wasn't involved in the new research. Why We Were Totally Wrong About How Boa Constrictors Kill 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z For the special, naturalist and author Paul Rosolie is supposed to be “consumed” in some way by a giant green anaconda while wearing a “snake-proof” suit built to withstand the anaconda’s natural constriction. Here Are the 11 Most Influential Animals of 2014 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z Ayahuasca represents itself in different ways to me, sometimes as an anaconda or a series of continually moving tentacles, opaque and luminous, moving the air around. Ayahuasca Can Help You Communicate with Plant Spirits, and Heal Your Body and Mind In case you haven’t heard, Eaten Alive was a Discovery special that was billed as naturalist Paul Rosolie letting himself get eaten by a giant anaconda. Why It Doesn't Matter That Paul Rosolie Wasn't Eaten By An Anaconda 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z The green anaconda can grow up to 20 feet long and weigh a whopping 200 pounds. Giant Anaconda Skin Stokes Mystery of Maine’s Elusive 'Wessie' 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z About the guy who is going to let a huge anaconda snake EAT him?! 5 things to talk about with your buddies on the course this weekend: The Loop 2013-10-16T04:00:00Z An online clip promoting the show said naturalist Paul Rosolie enters the belly of an anaconda in a custom-built suit. PETA calls for Discovery not to air snake show 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z In a bold bid for ratings, Discovery Channel’s newest stunt will include a real live man being devoured by a giant anaconda. Paul Rosolie to be ‘eaten alive’ by anaconda for Discovery Channel 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z Three people boating down the Santa Maria river in Brazil come across a 17ft long yellow anaconda that appears to have eaten a large animal-shaped lunch. Viral video chart: Emma Watson, the iPhone 6 and an anaconda 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z Placyk then sequenced the skin’s mitochondrial genome and found that it belonged to an anaconda—a shocking find that officials announced on August 30. Giant Anaconda Skin Stokes Mystery of Maine’s Elusive 'Wessie' 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z Fish and Wildlife Service seeks public comment on listing five additional snake species — boa constrictors, reticulated pythons and three species of anacondas — as injurious wildlife. Invasive Pythons Threaten Florida Everglades 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z The agency is currently taking public comment on whether to ban the boa constrictor, the reticulated python and three more types of anacondas. Florida editorial roundup 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z But the cause of their nervousness was not the race itself – it was the piranhas, anacondas and crocodiles lurking in the turbid waters below. Amazon's Olympic athletes aim for faster, stronger, deadlier 2013-04-05T16:28:39Z She was worried about unexpected encounters with anacondas, too. Can Endangered Animals Coexist with Big Ag? [Excerpt] 2013-02-22T19:15:00.507Z To refine the ID, Placyk sent along his sequence to Jesús Rivas, an anaconda expert at New Mexico Highlands University, who compared it to a genetic database of anacondas from across South America. Giant Anaconda Skin Stokes Mystery of Maine’s Elusive 'Wessie' 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z The Burmese python, Northern and Southern African pythons, and yellow anaconda are already listed as injurious. Invasive Pythons Threaten Florida Everglades 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z Fish and Wildlife Service took the overdue step of banning the importation and sale of Burmese, Indian, Northern African and Southern African pythons as well as the yellow anaconda. Florida editorial roundup 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z “Scaled to human size, a mermithid would be at least as intrusive as an anaconda coiled among the intestines.” Nematode Roundworms Own This Place 2013-02-09T19:15:03.810Z One miner rides his hose as if trying to tame an anaconda. Diamond smuggling in lawless Amazon mocks international pact 2012-12-06T17:44:46Z “Mostly they just wanted to see the anacondas.” The Animal Lifeboat: Zoos and Aquariums Struggle With Ways to Discuss Climate Change 2012-08-26T23:35:46Z Surrounded by precious minerals, stuffed tarantulas and a sprawling anaconda skin pinned to the wall, he takes calls from men who work in the rowdy clandestine mines nearby and bring him the precious stones. Not Just Out of Africa: South America's 'Blood Diamond' Network 2012-08-20T23:35:31Z Brahminism, which is fastened upon the people of India, embraces them like an anaconda, clasping and crushing them in its mighty folds. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z Through this I broke my way, and as I did so, I remembered the anaconda, and was filled with my old fear of snakes. Treasure of Kings Being the Story of the Discovery of the \\"Big Fish,\\" or the Quest of the Greater Treasure of the Incas of Peru. 2012-04-09T02:00:30.007Z And the current heaviest snake - the green anaconda - would of only been a tenth of its weight. Largest snake in the world unveiled 2012-03-23T08:52:59Z “I declare, you boys are like so many stuffed anacondas stretched out there,” observed Bess. The Motor Girls in the Mountains or, The Gypsy Girl's Secret 2012-03-07T03:00:15.897Z The Obama administration recently banned the import and interstate commerce of Burmese python, two species of African pythons, and the yellow anaconda. In Florida Everglades, pythons and anacondas dominate food chain 2012-01-31T00:37:29Z The ban applies to the Burmese python, a notorious invasive species from Southeast Asia; the yellow anaconda; and northern and southern African pythons. | South: Florida: Imports of Four Snake Species Are Banned 2012-01-18T05:39:38Z The bullet drilled the anaconda, breaking its spine, and thence pierced the heart of Amos Baverstock. Treasure of Kings Being the Story of the Discovery of the \\"Big Fish,\\" or the Quest of the Greater Treasure of the Incas of Peru. 2012-04-09T02:00:30.007Z Something more substantial than whiffs, however, did quickly follow, and now like gorged anacondas full to the brim, they lay stretched out upon the grass and talked over the events of the morning. Bert Wilson at the Wheel 2012-01-14T03:00:19.827Z If you didn’t eat so much you wouldn’t want to lie around for two hours after every meal like a Brazilian anaconda. The Radio Boys at Mountain Pass The Midnight Call for Assistance 2012-01-02T03:00:17.697Z Our vessel, meanwhile, was engaged in swallowing the contents of the Turkish steamer with the same deliberation with which an anaconda swallows a bullock. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z We have reasoned, we have threatened, We have begged almost with tears; Now, away, away with union, Since on our Southern soil The only union left us Is an anaconda’s coil. Southern War Songs Camp-Fire, Patriotic and Sentimental 2011-09-27T02:00:19.517Z Besides, the anaconda is essentially a water-snake, whereas the boa, though he will take readily to water, lives as a rule among the trees. Treasure of Kings Being the Story of the Discovery of the \\"Big Fish,\\" or the Quest of the Greater Treasure of the Incas of Peru. 2012-04-09T02:00:30.007Z Anything with a nonsensitive exterior can be swallowed by an anaconda, a boa, or a python without knowing about it until a lack of air becomes apparent. The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains 2011-09-24T02:00:16.927Z Do eagles, owls, the wilder hawks, alligators, or anacondas do anything else but degenerate in captivity? The Domestic Cat 2011-09-08T02:00:21.853Z “This is like dinner in the anaconda right now,” says Bill Batcheller, chief investment officer at Tower Wealth Management. Boeing’s Dreamliner Problems Aren’t Grounded Yet 2011-09-01T21:25:59Z And the lady looked as if an anaconda was threatening to creep in among us. Papers from Overlook-House 2011-08-07T02:00:08.643Z And so did I now; for Amos was no more to me than the jaguar and the anaconda--brutes of prey, all three of them, and the mortal man the vilest. Treasure of Kings Being the Story of the Discovery of the \\"Big Fish,\\" or the Quest of the Greater Treasure of the Incas of Peru. 2012-04-09T02:00:30.007Z It is understood, generally, that the digestive organs of the anaconda are something most remarkable. The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains 2011-09-24T02:00:16.927Z A considerable portion of the roots lie above ground, stretching away from the base of the tree like huge anacondas, and finally disappearing in the earth half a rod or more from the parent trunk. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z I should rather be the keeper ov a rat pit, or ketch kats for a shilling a head to feed an anaconda with. The Complete Works of Josh Billings 2011-07-01T02:00:13.387Z This great anaconda, my boy, may remind hellish readers of the anaconda once seen by a chap of my acquaintance living in the Sixth Ward. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 2011-04-21T02:00:47.647Z No doubt the anaconda stood in need of nourishment as much as I, and wanted more of it, to boot. Treasure of Kings Being the Story of the Discovery of the \\"Big Fish,\\" or the Quest of the Greater Treasure of the Incas of Peru. 2012-04-09T02:00:30.007Z The little wretch hugs me so strenuously that I believe he is part anaconda. The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains 2011-09-24T02:00:16.927Z Young anacondas, sometimes ten feet long, are kept in and about the dwellings, to catch and drive away the rats! Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z Jars of oil from river dolphin fat sit alongside oil from anacondas and crocodiles. Fishermen in Amazon See a Rival in Dolphins 2011-04-16T19:53:03Z His great anaconda has gathered itself in a circle around the doomed rabbit of rebellion, and if the rabbit swells he's a goner. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 2011-04-21T02:00:47.647Z Notwithstanding its precipitate retreat, they could not tell but that the anaconda might change its mind and come back again. Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z It was a pleasant enough region, barring the fact that it was frightfully hot and that there seemed to be more jaguars and alligators and anacondas to the square mile than were really necessary. The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains 2011-09-24T02:00:16.927Z If one of these rodents be caught in a trap and killed, it is useless to offer it to an anaconda as food. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z The anaconda had, at last, wound his fatal folds around us. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z The billions of aid and gifting away of high end military equipment as a bribe is turning an earth worm into an anaconda. Zakaria: Why Pakistan Keeps Exporting Jihad 2010-05-08T03:01:00Z The fanciful say that there are anacondas in the waters of the Amazon full thirty yards in length, and of a thickness equalling the dimensions of a horse! Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z The anaconda is as much at home on land as in water. The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains 2011-09-24T02:00:16.927Z Wild animals, anacondas and other reptiles, together with many varieties of birds and numerous tribes of monkeys, make up the animal life. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z In the 1990s he led the first study of the natural habitat of the anaconda in Venezuela. John Thorbjarnarson, 52, a Leading Expert on Crocodiles 2010-03-10T03:58:00Z I didn’t just swallow my pride; I basically swallowed an anaconda. 2010-02-12T02:40:00Z It’s only an Indian superstition, founded on the great water serpent,—the anaconda. Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z The rare jaguars that become man-eaters, the occasional giant anacondas, the deadly poisonous snakes, and the cashadas, were all the subjects of superstitious tales. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open We had never heard of anacondas employed as ratters before we came to Par�, but we were assured by those who should know that they are especially effective in warfare against this domestic pest. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z They seemed to him as if they reached almost clean across the cabin, like two great anacondas going to swallow up the Widow. First Fam'lies of the Sierras By this time, thanks to the assiduous attentions of Bob Dwyer, I was presented with a plate, which, had I been an anaconda instead of an aide-decamp, might have satisfied my appetite. Jack Hinton The Guardsman Before retiring to rest they had supped upon roast charqui and fish broiled over the coals; and, after supper, talk commenced, as usual, the chief topic being the anaconda. Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z The people slowly took in and appreciated their event, as an anaconda is said slowly to take in and appreciate his dinner; they digested it at their leisure. Anne The dragoons had no room to use their weapons; they could scarcely move; men and horses were intertwined with Indians, who clung to them like so many anacondas. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 353, March 1845 The young anaconda!” blurted out Cleek, as he stood and stared at this appalling array. Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories The largest snake in Ceylon is the boa or anaconda, which is often seen here measuring over twenty feet in length. The Pearl of India After a morning's deglutition worthy of the anaconda, he suffers digestion to prepare him for a walk, while he indulges in piles of cigars. Physiology of The Opera And not till the last crumb had disappeared did they lie back in all sorts of lazy attitudes, like so many young anacondas gorged to the limit. The Rushton Boys at Rally Hall Or, Great Days in School and Out “Is she really in the coils of the anaconda?” The Pines of Lory Its beginning and end were hidden in the bush, and not until it tapered into nothing and was gone did he realize fully that he had been gazing at an enormous anaconda. The Pathless Trail At Pará, in Brazil, the author has seen young anacondas six and eight feet long also kept upon the plantations as rat catchers. The Pearl of India But he did not now confess to his dining with Seward, as formerly he did with the great "anaconda Scott!" Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 I appeal to the verdict of sound reason; the parties are, common sense versus anaconda strategy and bloodless victories. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 Here and there, Indians who had been feasting all day lay like gorged anacondas beside the remnant of their meal; others, who had 168 been gambling, were talking loudly of the results of the game. The Bridge of the Gods A Romance of Indian Oregon. 19th Edition. She, intently watching a big anaconda in a case at the top of the stairs, walked off, not noticing them, and fell. The Wit of Women Fourth Edition Our wavering, anaconda system of warfare is typical of our moral status as a people. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II You and your dancin’ turkey and infant anaconda and a cage of monkeys that wasn’t yours and—Her!” Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 The above splendid conception was, and still is, peddled among the army and among the nation by the admirers of, and the devotees of, anaconda strategy. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 For the anaconda, lady, is the tenant of this island—the monstrous snake—the terrible boa, whose dreadful coils, if wound round that fair form of yours, would crush it into a hideous, loathsome mass?” Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf Peaks caught it in his hand, as though he had been playing toss-ball with his victim; but the next instant his anaconda fold encircled the youth again. Up The Baltic Young America in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark “Seems to me we are always eating,” said Patty, “but I’m free to confess that I’m about as hungry as a full grown anaconda.” Patty's Summer Days A man could even exhibit an angleworm in a bottle and call it the infant anaconda, and escape being lynched. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 "Hello, Dennis!" he said, perceiving back of an enormous chocolate éclair the human anaconda famine and opportunity had at this moment made of Finnegan, the discoverer of the double adjective. Skippy Bedelle His Sentimental Progress From the Urchin to the Complete Man of the World Words cannot be found to describe the delirium of joy which Wagner felt, when having thus slain the terrible anaconda, he placed his hand on Nisida’s heart and felt that it beat—though languidly. Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf “The anacondas and alligators and snapping turtles and garfish with teeth sharp as sharks?” The Peril Finders "The anaconda is a little too ill-tempered for me." Joe Strong, the Boy Fish or Marvelous Doings in a Big Tank “And you,” declared Buck, “are Brick Avery, inventor of the dancing turkey and captor of the celebrated infant anaconda—side-show graft with me for eight years.” Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 Now, for the first time, it beheld the once great Rebel Capital—the anaconda and boa-constrictor of rebel vengeance. History of the Eighty-sixth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, during its term of service The only other pachydermatous animal besides the tapir indigenous to South America is the little truculent peccary—a herd of which creatures is more feared by the natives than the jaguar, boa, or anaconda. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America One would think you were cobras, anacondas, or something else out of the zoo. Carl and the Cotton Gin I daresay it’s one of the anacondas crept up out of the river. Through Forest and Stream The Quest of the Quetzal It was voted that the dancing turkey and infant anaconda grafts were no longer feasible. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 Atlanta and Milledgeville and Savannah had fallen, and the anaconda of Yankee vengeance had almost extinguished the lights of rebellion. History of the Eighty-sixth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, during its term of service The boa, however, is not much dreaded in South America, as it seldom or never attacks man; which the anaconda is said always to do, if it can find him unprepared. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America It tasted like frozen velvet flavoured with strawberries, and I should have loved to be an ostrich or an anaconda so that the sensation might have lasted longer. Lady Betty Across the Water But, as I was going to say, we know of adders and rattlesnakes, and we know too that there are boas and pythons and anacondas running up to eight-and-twenty and thirty feet long on land. Jack at Sea All Work and no Play made him a Dull Boy Finally, not without misgivings, we all went up to look once more on the anaconda. Yr Ynys Unyg The Lonely Island The great anaconda of secession was palsied and made to fade! History of the Eighty-sixth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, during its term of service The whip snake, having seized its prey, winds its light and lithe body round its victim, coil upon coil, like the boa and anaconda, and strangles it in its embrace. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America Unfortunately something went wrong, and the rope, instead of neatly uncoiling, flailed round the trench like a young anaconda, and, catching a harmless spectator by the leg, hurled him twenty feet in the air. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, January 5, 1916 His danger appeared to have acted upon him as the anaconda acts upon the rabbit; fascinated and paralysed, he had been engulfed in the long pink throat. Embarrassments He declared the snake to be the most monstrous of its kind ever seen, and called it an anaconda. Yr Ynys Unyg The Lonely Island Phil Briant distinguished himself by shooting an immense serpent, which the doctor, who cut off and retained its head, pronounced to be an anaconda. The Red Eric His cries brought the father to the rescue, who, rushing forward, seized the anaconda boldly by the head, and tore its jaws asunder. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America "An anaconda will have nothing on you when we get through filling you up," promised Billy. Army Boys on the Firing Line or, Holding Back the German Drive The rattlesnake is not nearly so dangerous, as its rattle always gives notice of its approach; while the boa and anaconda can, from their size, generally be seen moving through the grass, and avoided. The Young Llanero A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela The anaconda, however, we saw from the movements of its body, still retained sufficient vitality to be mischievous. The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco He knew that in that region such disagreeable creatures existed as anacondas, tigers, huge baboons, and alligators, and that one or the other of them might suddenly make its appearance. The Three Admirals The statement that the anaconda kills its prey by its pestilent breath, is wholly fabulous. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America I did not wish to spend a night in the forest, with a chance of being capsized by an alligator, or cow-fish, or grabbed by an anaconda. The Three Lieutenants “I would sooner encounter ten thousand spirits than a single anaconda; and Jumbo has not the slightest fear of them.” The Young Llanero A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela Our cries, and the row of bristling lances presented to the anaconda, made it hesitate to spring on us. The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco Duppo has been telling him of the way in which he rescued him from the anaconda. On the Banks of the Amazon With its ill-favoured head protruding above the surface of the water near the banks of slow-flowing rivers, pools, and swamps, the vast anaconda lies in wait for its prey. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America “Yes, a small deer perhaps; but the old travellers used to tell us about mighty boas and monstrous anacondas which could swallow buffaloes.” Rob Harlow's Adventures A Story of the Grand Chaco The boa and anaconda, and the big tree-snake, are bad enough; but there are others which, on account of their bite, are still worse. The Young Llanero A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela I dreamed not of Indians, nor of anacondas, nor of our long swim. The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco “He seems unhurt by the embrace of the anaconda,” remarked the recluse, “but probably suffered from the heat of the sun.” On the Banks of the Amazon The savage alligator and fearful anaconda abound in all the rivers and lakes; while the jaguar, puma, ounce, tiger-cat, monkey, tapir, capybara, porcupine, wild hog, sloth, and ant-eater range through its forests and savannahs. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America Why, man, I am delighted; but you must not be surprised at my feeling startled when anacondas come to supper, and we are frightened out of our wits by cries that impress even you.” Rob Harlow's Adventures A Story of the Grand Chaco I hinted this to the doctor, who at first repudiated the idea, but acknowledged that Jumbo was more experienced with regard to alligators than anacondas. The Young Llanero A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela Indeed, the anaconda had given him a greater squeeze than we had at first supposed. The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco There was a sandy spot where we thought that we could venture into the water, without the risk of being seized by an alligator or anaconda. On the Banks of the Amazon At this season even the animals take their departure; here and there the alligator and anaconda alone remain, in a torpid state, buried in the clay of the dried-up swamps. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America I thought it was only the anacondas which took to the water, and— Well, look at that!” Rob Harlow's Adventures A Story of the Grand Chaco “I shall ever be grateful to him;” and he described how I had shot the anaconda. The Young Llanero A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela He evidently had not recovered from the injuries he had received in the coils of the anaconda; and when I asked Uncle Paul if he thought he would recover, he shook his head. The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco He did not allude to the anaconda, and, I suspected, was totally unconscious of the danger he had been in. On the Banks of the Amazon Nice place this for a bathe, what with the alligators and the anacondas. Old Gold The Cruise of the "Jason" Brig “I never heard a serpent do anything but hiss, my lad, though they say the anacondas make strange thunder in the North American forests.” Mother Carey's Chicken Her Voyage to the Unknown Isle He resembles the anaconda, which, having gorged itself, lies torpid till the craving of a fresh appetite stirs it to renewed activity. The Lone Ranche “Oh, how dreadful it would have been had you been drowned,” she exclaimed; “or had a shark or alligator, or an anaconda, snapped you up!” The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco I could not help thinking of fierce jaguars roaming in search of prey, or those dreadful boas, or the anacondas we have heard of.” On the Banks of the Amazon “Oh, you mean the boas and the anacondas.” Old Gold The Cruise of the "Jason" Brig An anaconda that "kept making a dandelion of himself." Prudy Keeping House The anaconda, however, who is the biggest of the constrictors, won't let go for pinching; in this case the best thing is not to let him get hold of you at all. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 28, April 1893 An Illustrated Monthly Beyond the head appeared a long thin body; and I now saw that it was an enormous snake—“a huge anaconda.” The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco Fully expecting to see a huge anaconda come forth, Arthur and I retired to a safe distance, while I got my gun ready to fire at the serpent when he should appear. On the Banks of the Amazon The anaconda is a native of Brazil and some of the other South American countries. The Wonder Island Boys: The Mysteries of the Caverns You old anaconda, you were born with an appetite. Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School The Merry Doings of the Oakdale Freshmen Girls Well, I saw Edge, and he's got a list of reasons longer'n an anaconda's dream. Double Trouble Or, Every Hero His Own Villain Poor Quacko still trembled all over; for his instinct told him how quickly the anaconda would have gobbled him up. The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco We did not learn from the natives that anacondas over twenty feet long had been seen on the Napo, but specimens twice that size are found on the Amazon. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America Harry in the grasp of a giant anaconda. The Wonder Island Boys: The Mysteries of the Caverns The town is full, in the afternoon, of partially paralyzed men lying around on sofas in a comatose condition, like anacondas sleeping off their bi-monthly lunch. Homeburg Memories It was almost like sleight of hand, and if he'd continued the exhibition with a few live rabbits and an anaconda or two I couldn't have been much more amazed. The Motor Maid In the country near Rio there are great snakes called the anaconda, a sort of boa-constrictor on a large scale. Sketches From My Life By The Late Admiral Hobart Pasha Equally rare were the savage brutes—not a jaguar showed himself, and only one anaconda. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America "It belongs to the same family, but is known as the anaconda." The Wonder Island Boys: The Mysteries of the Caverns He adopted with success the "anaconda" system of strategy, and hemmed in the insurgents at every point, closing in the mountain-passes, and completely isolating them. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864 He waited for an overt act; but Shuffles found the anaconda of authority tightening upon him. Outward Bound Or, Young America Afloat "I don't think the anaconda is poisonous at all," said she, lightly. Macleod of Dare He saw no way of escape from the spiritual anaconda which was tightening its folds around him. The Redemption of David Corson The troops cheered and cheered as the anaconda made its sinuous way down the mountain-side, and company after company came abreast the Castle. The Sword Maker "Did you run across any boa constrictors or anacondas?" asked he serenely. Nedra But Babbalanja's was of a different sort; an immense, black, serpentine stem of ebony, coiling this way and that, in endless convolutions, like an anaconda round a traveler in Brazil. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II It was a huge anaconda, its body as thick as a man's leg, lying coiled up in a circle; its flat, ugly head reposing in the middle. Macleod of Dare Aerial trees shot up from its surface; birds nested in its clefts; and strange vines roved abroad, overrunning the tops of the trees, lying thereon in coils and undulations, like anacondas basking in the light. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I Oh!" cried Martin, eagerly, "that must be an anaconda. Martin Rattler You feel that the anaconda's coil had been suddenly relaxed. "Co. Aytch" Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment or, A Side Show of the Big Show Hence flowed a tide of forest sounds; of parrots, paroquets, macaws; blent with the howl of jaguars, hissing of anacondas, chattering of apes, and herons screaming. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II "The trouble with painting to-day is that it has no point of view," cried Rantoul, swallowing an egg in the anaconda fashion. Murder in Any Degree Having voyaged for five days in the Great Cañon, they were entangled in the very centre of the folds of that monstrous anaconda. Overland Once while dynamiting a stream for fish for his starving party he partially stunned a giant anaconda, which he killed as it crept slowly off. Through the Brazilian Wilderness He parted his thick mustaches and opened his enormous jaws like an anaconda. McTeague It was queerly but not brilliantly spotted, and its head was very nearly that of the anaconda of to-day. The Story of Ab A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man He has the craving stomach of the shark or anaconda. Roughing It, Part 3. I tell you it is infamous!—and such a doctrine as that would tarnish the reputation of a hyena and smirch the fair fame of an anaconda. Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll - Latest He said that it was of a size that no other anaconda he had ever seen even approached, and that in his opinion such a brute if hungry would readily attack a full-grown man. Through the Brazilian Wilderness In an inner pavilion an exhibition of anacondas,—four,—which the showman took, one by one, from a large box, under some blankets, and hung round his shoulders. Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 1 The puma, jaguar and wildcat are here at home, besides the anaconda and boa constrictor, which grow to enormous lengths. Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America They watched the dying anaconda gradually vanish in the depth of the forest; and both boys were glad that it had turned out that way, since they were anxious to depart from the place. The Aeroplane Boys on the Wing Aeroplane Chums in the Tropics The anaconda is an immense serpent that wraps itself about its victim and ____ it. The Century Vocabulary Builder Twice smaller anacondas had attacked his dogs; one was carried under water—for the anaconda is a water- loving serpent—but he rescued it. Through the Brazilian Wilderness It's an anaconda," said Ben, "there are lots of 'em up along the Amazon and they are as deadly a snake as there is. The Boy Aviators' Polar Dash or Facing Death in the Antarctic You will be horrified when I tell you that the anaconda, one of the giants of the family, swallows large quadrupeds at a single mouthful. The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals Undoubtedly the well aimed bullet had crashed through the fearful head of the suspended anaconda. The Aeroplane Boys on the Wing Aeroplane Chums in the Tropics And, sure enough, we were; ever and anon getting a glimpse of him spread mazily all abroad in some beautiful vale, like a midguard anaconda done in silver. Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 They have been known to pounce on and devour good-sized anacondas. Through the Brazilian Wilderness We were well into the country before she slackened her dizzy pace and the circus and the man-killing anaconda were left far behind. The Camp Fire Girls Go Motoring Or, Along the Road That Leads the Way But it was Grizzie's turn now, and she clung to the bailiff like an anaconda. Warlock o' Glenwarlock "Once let a flat-nosed bullet from this little Marlin hard shooter smack him on the coco, and there'll be a funeral in the anaconda family." The Aeroplane Boys on the Wing Aeroplane Chums in the Tropics The big pythons and anacondas never fight, nor try to commit murder. The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations At Miller's approach the anaconda left the dead iguana and rushed into the water, and the live iguana promptly followed it. Through the Brazilian Wilderness Shaken and breathless as they were, the girls laughed until they cried at the trail of superstitious terror left by the man-killing anaconda. The Camp Fire Girls Go Motoring Or, Along the Road That Leads the Way For naturally only one insect is caught at a time, and digestion is a slow business with Dionaeas, as with anacondas, requiring ordinarily a fortnight. Darwiniana; Essays and Reviews Pertaining to Darwinism Having satisfied this veritable anaconda and gorged his dilating appetite for banknotes, I turned to follow the others. The Exploits of Elaine "He is now as satisfied as an anaconda after devouring an ox." Napoleon and Blucher He was the man who had caught the street car, the anaconda that had swallowed its prey, the tree that lay as it had fallen. The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million "Ah," said he, laughing, "my anaconda begins to hunger for my heart's blood! how long before she will be ready to devour or to murder me?" Frederick the Great and His Family "He is in the condition of a hungry anaconda," said Earl Douglas to himself. Henry VIII and His Court Outbuilding the South of course meant tightening the "anaconda" system of blockade, in the entangling coils of which the South was caught already. Captains of the Civil War; a chronicle of the blue and the gray A shake of the head, and a little, low, plaintive whistle, is the only reply, but they speak in thunder of boa-constrictors, anacondas, and cobra de capellos. Gala-days Again Molly shrieked, and something dark and long and sinuous flew and enveloped her neck like an anaconda. The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million Do not call me your anaconda," she said, shaking her head; "you say that, when we are satisfied with your love, we are like the sleeping anaconda. Frederick the Great and His Family I never saw a man eat with so much earnestness and application—not hastily, like a grammarian, or one of the canal, but slow and appreciative, like a anaconda, or a real vive bonjour. The Gentle Grafter The remaining alligator became involved in a controversy with an anaconda, and joined the melee in the centre of the flaming apartment. The Life of Phineas T. Barnum This is usually a single picture-a deep river, with forest, hanging snaky vines, anacondas and monkeys for the east coast of South America, for example. The Land of Footprints He described what he saw very well, but also said that he had seen a battle between an anaconda and a lion. Criminal Psychology; a manual for judges, practitioners, and students Upon the floor were caged the boa-constrictor, anacondas and rattlesnakes, whose heads would now and then rise menacingly through the top of the cage. The Life of Phineas T. Barnum The bears, and the anacondas, the hatchet, and the seal, sank into merited insignificance, although they will have their day again if the whales should expire. The Life of Phineas T. Barnum |
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