Video: Anaconda Stalks World's Largest Rodent

What's This? SHARE Digg StumbleUpon Reddit RELATED Photos: Wildlife of the Orinoco, the Heart of Venezuela Video in the News: How to Survive an Anaconda Bite World's Largest Rodent: Buffalo-Size Fossil Discovered (September 2003) August 4, 2006—As most pet store employees know, mice are a common food for a variety of snakes. But when you're an anaconda—tipping the scales at more than 550 pounds (250 kilograms)—you need to supersize your rodent meal. Watch as a female anaconda prepares to mate by hunting down one last snack: a capybara, the world's largest rodent. MOST VIEWED NEWS APOCALYPSE PICTURES: 10 Failed Doomsday Prophecies PICTURES: "Extraordinary" Ancient Skeletons Found RARE PHOTOS: Giant Squid Eaten by Sperm Whale NEWS FEEDS      Get our news delivered directly to your desktop—free. How to Use XML or RSS