The world's longest anaconda has been discovered in the Amazon jungle – and it measures in at a whopping 17 feet long.
The huge reptile was uncovered during filming for new BBC documentary Tribes, Predators and Me.
In the first episode presenter Gordon Buchanan joins a Waorani tribal family in Ecuador's Amazon jungle as they search for giant anacondas.
The tribe, who know this remote rainforest better than anyone else, teach Gordon their secrets for surviving here, using blow pipes and sharpened sticks to huntmonkeys and wild pigs.
But his greatest challenge is to help them catch and release a massive anaconda, which is the Amazon's most dangerous animal.
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The tribe also believe the proven maneater can hold the key to their future and has high spiritual importance to them.
There is also a scientific reason to capture the snake, as the Waorani are losing their land to oil exploration, prompting scientists to test the effects of this on the animals.
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The anaconda caught and then released in the programme is the longest ever recorded at more than 17 feet long.
In the show Gordon has two weeks to learn the Waorani tribe’s ancient wildlife secrets.
Along the way he sees the mysterious Amazon river dolphins, joins the Waorani on a dangerous peccary spear hunt and sees how the women garden within the forest and how they befriend wild animals such as monkeys, parrots and tapirs.
Tribes, Predators and Me is on BBC Two at 9pm this Sunday.
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