33-Foot Monster! World's Biggest Anaconda Captured In Brazil?

Construction workers in Brazil have stumbled upon one of the most frigthening creatures in the planet -- a man-eating anaconda.

According to Inquisitr, the snake, measuring 33 feet (32.8 feet, to be exact) was discovered after the workers set off an explosion to destroy a cave in Belo Monte Dam to make way for their project.

The Belo Monte Dam is one of the most controversial dams being built today. Internationalrivers.org said it is being constructed on the Xingu River in the state of Pará, Brazil and would allegedly destroy a huge area of the pristine Brazilian rainforest. Its construction began in 2011 under the watch of Eletronorte.

A footage showing how the workers lifted off the Jurassic-like creature from the rubbles has been circulating online. Although the video was taken months back, it is only getting the attention now after some animal lovers and activists criticized the workers.

Some of them left a comment on the video criticizing the workers for killing such precious creation of nature.

Until now, it is not clear whether the anaconda was actually dead when it was found or if the workers intentionally killed it. The rest of the footage showed a crane lifting the humongous reptile and at one part, it showed the anaconda chained up.

Daily Mail notes that the longest snake ever captured is a snake named Medusa which was captured in Kansas City. According to its official record on Guinness, it measures a whopping 25 ft 2in long.

Anacondas are semiaquatic snakes found in tropical South America. Live Science notes there are currently four recognized species of anaconda ---green anaconda, the yellow, the dark-spotted anaconda and the Bolivian anaconda.

Being at the top of the food chain, anacondas are not endangered species. Their major threats include deforestation and hunting as their skin is used for manufacturing commercial products.