ANACONDA mating ANACONDA procreandose Anaconda Breeding Ball sexo de anaconda

Anacondas mate in an unusual fashion. Several males are attracted to an ovulating female resulting in a “mating ball“ that can often obscure the female from view. The mating always takes place in water. After a gestation of six months the females give birth to live babies in the late spring to early summer, birth generally coincides with the wet season in the animals native range. A large female is capable of producing up to 80 babies at a time, on average the female Anaconda will have 20-30 young. Predator