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Snakes swallowing dogs? That's nasty, but not the worse they can do. They can also kill people, and sometimes even swallow them (supposedly) like in THIS picture.

Here is the "before" photo.

I held an Anaconda in Venezuela, and it seemed docile enough. I wouldn't sleep with one though.

About two years ago there were four guys playing golf down here in Florida, and one of them went missing. After searching all over for him, his friends finally called in the authorities to assist.

After some time they decided that he must have fallen prey to a large Florida crocodile (Not alligator)that inhabited the lake. So they caught it and killed it, and when it was cut open, there they found the bits and pieces of the missing man. The newspapers had a field day with the pics.

urban legends.

The Green Anaconda (Eunectes murinus) is considered by many to be the largest snake in the world. These snakes may reach lengths of over 29 feet. There are many exaggerated stories and legends about anacondas being much longer, but they have never been confirmed. Travelers' diaries and notes often refer to 40-foot individuals and references to 140-foot anacondas have actually been made, but again, never confirmed.

Stories about enormous man-eating snakes are exciting but not a reality. An Urban Legend circulating by way of e-mail claims that an anaconda ate a South American boy while he slept. This link supposedly includes actual photos of the boy inside the snake and also after the snake was cut open. It was obviously a hoax. The first two pictures show a large common boa, which had consumed a large prey item. The third, showing the boy inside the snake, does not match the other two and was apparently set up.