The Anaconda is a none venomous boa and is the world’s largest snake. It lives in the jungle regions of South America. The green anaconda can grow up to 17 feet. This one was only about 12′. 
We took a trip to Pucallpa in May to visit from good missionary friends (The Listros). It was a nice vacation to one of Peru’s largest jungle cities. It was hot and humid as expected, but a nice change from the cold and dry that we have here in Cusco. One day, a few of us took a small boat trip to an island. The boats are long and narrow and called “pecki pecki”… because that’s the noise they make. The island hosted a small homemade zoo and based on the population, I would say they’re raising mosquitoes too. Now, I know you’re thinking, “Well, okay, so what!? You held an anaconda in a zoo!” In the States, any zoo would have to abide by laws on how they acquire and maintain the animals in their facility. But this is Peru. So, all of these animals were found (more like hunted) around Pucallpa and just placed in some chicken-wire fences. These animals are, for the most part, very wild. The only thing in my favor that day was that the anaconda had been well fed. If he had been looking for more food, I probably wouldn’t be writing this… or at least with only one hand.
This homemade zoo also had a pool (see the photo). Oh Peru.
