Located in jungles near water, an Anaconda can grow as big as a truck. These enormous snakes kill their prey by coiling their powerful bodies around their victims and squeezing until they suffocate or are crushed to death.  It then unhinges its jaw to swallow the victim whole … a scenario that has been portrayed in more than one Hollywood B-movie, helping give rise to the snake’s formidable reputation. 

Join Smithsonian Networks and a crew of wildlife photographers and biologists as they set out to discover the legendary monster, the biggest Anaconda in the world.