Ahmedabad’s Kankaria zoo to have four Anacondas this month

By our correspondent, Ahmedabad, 19 November, 2011

Ahmedabad’s Kankaria Zoo will soon have four anacondas from Sri Lankan zoo. Municipal Commissioner of Ahmedabad Shri Guruprasad Mohapatra announced this in a press conference today.

2 ft long four anacondas will arrive at India’s Chennai airport from Sri Lanka’s national zoo. From Chennai airport they will be shifted to Mumbai airport where custom and excise department will give clearance. From Mumbai they will be brought to Ahmedabad’s Kankaria zoo by road.

Four anacondas will be kept in quarantine for one month, after which they will be available for public viewing.

Green anacondas that are to be brought to Ahmedabad zoo are native of South America. Non poisonous snake’s weight ranges from 68 to 180 kg. The snake is found in Amazon and Orinoco river areas in Columbia, Venezuela and South central Brazil. This snake loves to stay in muddy water. It consumes fishes, birds, tortoise and mammals. Anacondas live for 10-30 years. They are believes as the biggest snakes of the world. All needed approvals of different agencies are taken for shifting of anacondas from Sri Lanka to Ahmedabad.

Commissioner announcing Anacondas related development

>