Is this a video of a gigantic snake swimming on the Amazon?

In May 2025, a video shot from a helicopter was dispersed over the network, which allegedly captures a huge anaconda. We decided to check the authenticity of this record.

Short videos with sensational shots on which a snake is visible in the river, users shared “VKontakte" Instagram, Facebook, Telegram And X. Data on exactly where the video was shot, vary: in some publications indicatedthat the giant anaconda was seen by members of the expedition in Brazil, the authors of others They saythat it was in Ecuador. In a number of posts, the length of the snake is also named - more than 8 m (although it looks much larger visually). Some bloggers based on this short video Mont longer videos with voice acting in Russian and subtitles. 

“Verified” failed to find sensational news about a giant snake in any authoritative media - both Brazilian and Ecuadorian and in international. The video itself does not have output data that would allow it to establish its author or otherwise check whether the story about the expedition is real. 

If you look at the video, you can notice a number of alarming parts. Firstly, the snake, despite its very solid weight, is almost entirely over the water-it seems to be not floating, but crawls through the shallow water. If you study the real ones Personnel The anacondas floating in water, shot by the National Geographic, can be seen that usually only the head and sometimes the back of the snake is visible on the surface, and the most part of its body is under water. Secondly, the water around the reptile in the disassembled video is too calm, although the movement of such a large creature should cause ripples. Finally, there is another camera in the frame, which, judging by its location, should shoot a river and a snake in it. However, on her screen is displayed something that is completely inaccessible to what is happening in the video. 

"Verified" analyzed the video using HIVE MODERATION - Service for identifying content generated AI. According to the service, with a probability of more than 93%, this video was created by a neural network.

Judging by the results of the reverse search by the image, a video with a giant anaconda began to disperse on the Internet on May 8, 2025. The earliest found "verified" fastContaining this video, was published on that day on the social network X at 07:19 Moscow time. The user @sheetal2242 accompanied the video with a comment on Hindi: "In the forests of the Amazon, they again noticed a large snake of anaconda." At the time of writing, the publication scored more than 800,000 views and thousands of reposts. The main content of a blogger is interesting videos from around the world, which he obviously finds on the Internet and posts on his page, not asking the question of their authenticity. Therefore, most likely, the video with the snake @sheetal2242 simply found on the network, but to a large extent contributed to its spread. 

This is far from the first time that on the Internet the video processed or completely generated by neurutates diverge, on which giant snakes are supposedly captured. The fact of the agency Reutersas well as projects Factly, Oneindia And others had previously refuted similar videos. Green anacondas - The largest snakes on Earth: their size can reach 9 m, and weight - 220 kg. However, on viral neural networks, their dimensions go far beyond these frames - snakes look like their length has dozens, or even hundreds of meters. Popularizer of science Alexander Tolmachev Explainedthat reptiles of this size simply would not survive: they could not have mined a sufficient amount of food, and to maintain metabolism in such a massive body they would require higher temperatures than those that are now on Earth.

Thus, the disassembled video with a giant anaconda in the Amazon is generated by neuralates. This is evidenced by the individual details of the video itself and the results of its verification using specialized services. In addition, there is only one short video recording of this amazing snake. Authoritative media did not report that in Amazonia it was possible to detect such a giant reptile. 

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