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Anaconda Bites Man Video Memo to herpetologists in the field: When bitten on the hand by an anaconda, do not, repeat, do not pull away.Video Sections

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- Anaconda Birth - Unlike the majority of snake species, anacondas give birth to live babies—sometimes 40 at a time!
- Anaconda Bites Man - Memo to herpetologists in the field: When bitten on the hand by an anaconda, do not, repeat, do not pull away.
- Anaconda Breeding Ball - Invitations are out for the breeding ball, but unless you're a male anaconda, you wouldn't want to be invited to this dance!
- Anaconda Hunts - When you're an anaconda, you don't need venom to take down your prey, even if it's the world's largest rodent, a capybara, weighing nearly 100 pounds (45 kilograms)!
- Baby Cobra's First Hunt - Everyone's got to learn sometime, even a baby cobra programmed for the hunt.
- Black Mamba vs. Animal Kingdom - It's not a drink or a dance. It's only the black mamba, Africa's longest and the world's fastest snake. Oh, and one of the most poisonous too.
- Boomslang vs. Chameleon - A boomslang is one of the most toxic snakes in Africa, and a chameleon's camouflage is no match.
- Centipede vs. Snake - Are this black-headed snake's eyes bigger than its stomach? Unfortunately for the centipede the answer is no.
- Cobra Mating and Birth - Even big, bad cobras need love sometimes.
- Cobra vs. Monitor Lizard - Think you can guess who wins the day when two aggressive predators compete for the same prey?
- Cobra vs. Rat Snake - A rat snake may look like it's related to this king cobra, but the cobra prefers to think of the rat snake as lunch!
- Flying Snakes and Leaping Lizards - There are some high stakes acrobatics going on in the jungles of Indonesia.
- Gaboon Adder vs. Rat - When you're 6 feet (1.8 meters) long, venomous, and blend in with the forest floor, sometimes all you have to do is sit and wait for your next meal.
- Meerkats vs. Puff Adder - Meerkats take on a dangerous puff adder that encroaches on their territory. Does the mob rule, or does the snake eat tonight?
- Mouse vs. Boa - What happens if you're a mouse, high in a tree, threatened by a huge boa constrictor? Make the jump of your life!
- Peringuey's Adder vs. Lizard - Hungry, thirsty, or both? In the Nambian desert, Peringuey's adder drinks water off its own skin, then ambushes a lizard for a meal.
- Rats at Night - They seem like an easy meal for predators like owls and snakes, but with their numbers in the billions, rats are not likely to go away soon.
- Rattlesnakes Display & Mate - Competition for a mate is not as violent as you might think among these diamondback rattlesnakes.
- Red-Tailed Hawk vs. Rattler - In the desert sky, a hawk spies prey—a venomous rattler! Who wins out in this battle of the predators?
- Strange-Headed Snakes - Things aren't always what they seem, especially when it comes to snakes like these!
- The Cobra and its Prey - In pursuit of its prey, the Indian cobra sometimes seems to be following an old adage: Never give up, never give in.
- Thrasher vs. King Snake - A 4-foot-long (1.2-meter-long) king snake meets its match against a tiny curve-billed thrasher.
- White-Bellied Sea Eagle Hunts - A sea eagle snatches a venomous sea snake from the water.
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