In Search of the Giant Anaconda: Catching the Anaconda

Austin Stevens will go to great lengths to photograph his favorite animals - snakes! But it's not easy catching a big boa nestled in the top of a tree!

To get close to a tree boa you have to get high... really high up into the rainforest canopy. Austin Stevens uses ropes and pulleys to pull himself hundreds of feet up into the tree tops to meet...

Anacondas are the stuff of legends. But how big do they really get? Any snake that can devour a caiman must be massive.

The Fer de Lance is responsible for a great number of deaths in South America. That's because its venom is extremely powerful and its camouflage means it's hard to see.

It's time for this boa constrictor's close up. Austin Stevens knows just how to handle the "talent" in his photo shoots. See how he gets his snakes to pose for him.

He's finally found an anaconda! But will Austin Stevens be able to catch this 400 pound snake and hang on long enough to take its photograph?

Scientists reconstruct a python snake bite.

Explore the anatomy of a snake bite.

Scientists test the venom of cobras and rattlesnakes.

The zookeeper went in to change a lightbulb and didn't notice the python had snuck out from under a tarp.