Giant snake attacks boy who is almost eaten alive before grandfather saves him. The green anaconda is the largest snake species in the world reaching lengths up to 25 feet long and weighing over 300 pounds.
When Mateus came face to face with one in the wild, he was lucky to escape with his life. The year was 2002, about 250 miles northwest of Sao Paulo on a ranch near the city of Cosmorama.
The boy and his friend were playing by a creek bed where a giant 16 foot snake lay hidden just underneath the water's surface waiting for an animal to approach for a drink.
This time the snakes next victim wasn't an animal, but an 8 year old boy named Mateus. The massive anaconda attacked the boy knocking him to the ground as it's large jaws bit down on the boy's neck and shoulder.
His friend stood frozen in horror as he watched the giant snake quickly wrapped itself around Matues, squeezing the life out of him.
Terrified, the friend sprinted off to find Mataues's grandfather who reached the scene shortly after to find his grandson being swallowed head first by a man-eating anaconda.
66 year old Grandfather, Joaquim Pereira, began to beat and stab the snake merciless with a rock in one hand and a small machete in the other. The giant snake's skin was like armor as it took Joaquim nearly 30 minutes to inflict enough damage to free his grandson from the snake's death grip.
The kid was rushed to the hospital and needed 21 stitches in his chest but no bones were broken and the boy lived to tell the this amazing tale.
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Anacondas are not poisonous and not known for attacking humans,
but they are opportunistic hunters and can be extremely aggressive when hungry, as there are several cases where a snake has eaten
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