It added: "Female anacondas retain their eggs and give birth to two to three dozen live young. Baby snakes are about 2 feet long when they are born and are almost immediately able to swim and hunt.

Most snakes lay eggs, but anacondas are viviparous meaning they give birth to live young. Another giant snake in difficulty was spotted in Thailand last month after it ate an entire dog.

Snakes that give live birth are ovoviviparous ... Like something directly out of a horror film or from one of the colossal Godzilla fights, the extinct and aptly named titanboa is the absolute ...