All language subtitles for Mysterious.Creatures.With.Forrest.Galante.S01E06.1080p.WEBRip.x265-RARBG

[Forrest] A Brazilian legend
of a mysterious
aquatic reptile

leads us right
into the habitat
of the world's largest snake.

So these crosses,
when all fall down,

-that's when the big snake
will rise up.
-Yes.

[Forrest] Can this fable
lead us to clues

about an actual
giant constrictor?

The size of the scales.

This is her home.

My wife Jess and I
are tracking my
lifelong obsession

with a plan to capture
a giant snake,

take samples and find out
if it can live long enough

to grow as big
as the legend...

[whispering]

...of the 50-foot anaconda.

Hold her, hold her.

Guys, help!

-[Jessica gasps]
-Under here! I need
help over here!

[Jessica] Oh, no!

I'm Forrest Galante.

As a wildlife biologist

tracking and rediscovering
animals

on the verge of extinction...

Oh, my God!

...I've noticed a pattern
of mysterious sightings

and human-wildlife conflict...

Look, there's an elephant!
There's an elephant
right there!

...which often turn deadly.

[indistinct shouting]

Now, my team and I
are scouring the globe

to shed light on the myths
and misconceptions

surrounding our planet's
most...

Mysterious Creatures.

-I can jump right out.
-No, no.

-[laughing]
-[man] None of that.
None of that.

[Forrest] Look at that.

This is the state
of Mato Grosso, Brazil.

An area that
at one point in time
was nothing but jungle.

Today, as you look out,

you see farmlands
and scattered pieces
of fragmented habitat.

But we're not here
for the farms.

We're here to investigate
a legend.

A legend of giant snakes.

Those that have been seen
by famous explorers
like Percy Fawcett

and even a local
mythical healer.

Local legend states
the mute healer Sinhozinho

saved his village by trapping
a giant snake underground

and marking it
with three crosses.

This area is known
for the largest snake
in the world,

the green anaconda.

Claims of a snake
stretching 40, sometimes
even 50 feet.

[Forrest] We're hoping
that by coming here
in the dry season,

while the water has receded
into isolated pockets
and rivers,

that we can look
for the giant snakes.

And hopefully capture one.

So we can take a tissue sample
and study its growth rate.

While I showed a great
interest in all wildlife
from an early age,

snakes were always
my absolute favorite.

Growing up in Zimbabwe
introduced me to hundreds
of species of snakes.

And I learned to have
a healthy respect for adders,

cobras and the deadly
black mamba.

But even as a scientist,
I have always appreciated
how this animal's appeal

is literally biblical,

playing a role in the myth
and lore of cultures
around the world.

And who can blame them?

Show me a more
fascinating animal.

This ancient
super-evolved predator,

using a complex network
of muscles and scales
rippling in unison,

pushes its sleek,
slender body along
almost any surface.

They're one of nature's
most deadly and effective
assassins.

Over the years,
I've been lucky enough
to meet other scientists

who share
my unique obsession.

Like Daniel De Granville.

-Daniel! Hey, man.
-Hey, hi!

So nice to finally
meet you.

At last, huh? Finally.

We've come here
to this specific region
in Brazil

to try and find
one of these
giant anacondas.

And I got
what you're looking for.

Oh, that makes
life easy.

-Come on.
-[both chuckle]

[Daniel] Watch out,
be careful with
the deadly anaconda.

-[Forrest chuckles]
There it is.
-[Jessica chuckles]

[Forrest] Green anacondas...

Beautiful!

...live in tropical
rainforests.

They prefer slow streams
and marshy areas

where they can be
stealthy hunters.

-[Daniel] Can I tell you
something? This is...
-[Forrest] Yeah.

impressive in size and all,

but it's just
a free sample.

-[laughs]
-That is a free sample.

-This is the trial version.
-This is the trial version.

[Jessica] Look at the size
of the scutes on the belly.

These scales
along the stomach here,

that's what they use
to move along the ground.

But snakes, like all reptiles,
they grow until they die.

Right? They never
stop growing.

This animal's young.
Maybe a year or two old.

Maybe three.

But a snake that would be
50 feet in length,

would have to be
100-plus years old.

And we really don't know
much about the growth
and age rate of these snakes.

-This is mainly
an aquatic species.
-Of course.

If you look, the eyes
and the nostrils
and the mouth

are on the very top
of the head.

[Forrest and Jessica] Mmm-hmm.

So that enables the snake
to keep a very, very small
portion of its body

-out of the water.
-[Forrest] Right.

-It can see.
It can breathe.
-[Forrest] Yep.

[Daniel] It can sense
the environment
with the tongue.

And still keep
a great majority of its body
hidden in the water.

-So, sometimes
it can just...
-[Jessica] Yeah.

-[Daniel] ...pass by one
on the boat.
-Yep.

[Jessica] You wouldn't
even know.

-You have to see this.
-You wouldn't even know.

-'Cause you wouldn't know.
-It reminds me
of a crocodile.

-Crocodiles and alligators...
-[Forrest] Mmm-hmm.

-...sit with their heads
out like that.
-[Forrest] Absolutely.

So, Daniel, while I really
appreciate you showing us
this beautiful snake,

it's not quite the monster
that we've come to Brazil for.

Where do you think
we should start
our investigation

to try and find
a truly big snake?

There's a local myth,
in the 1950s

there used to be
a healer here,
like a holy man.

And supposedly,
he trapped a gigantic
anaconda underneath town.

And he put kind of a curse,
kind of like a spell
on the city.

-[Forrest] Uh-huh.
-[Daniel] And at
the same time,

he planted three crosses
on the ranch nearby.

And he said that
when the third
cross collapses,

this gigantic anaconda
will come loose and destroy
all of the town.

So a good place to start

-would maybe be heading
to those crosses.
-Uh-huh.

[Forrest] Legends like these
may sound like fantasy.

But time and time again,

Jess and I
have found these tales

are often based
in reality.

-Release him?
-Sure, yeah, wonderful.

There we go.

And studying them
can be very revealing

once you separate
fact from fiction.

Ah.

We've arranged a meeting
with Noraldino Aconro,

a local farmer
and the caretaker
of the three crosses.

[speaking other language]

How you doing?

-Obrigado.
-[Jessica] Nice to meet you.

-Yeah.
-[Jessica] Obrigada.

We've heard these crosses
have something to do with
the legend of a giant snake.

[speaking other language]

[Forrest] Mmm-hmm.

[Forrest] Noraldino
says he was a student

of the famous healer
Sinhozinho.

So these crosses,
when they all fall down,

that's when the big snake
will rise up.

-Yeah.
-[Forrest] Yeah, okay, wow.

[speaking other language]

[Forrest] Noraldino
also told us that there's
a second part to this legend.

Which is that
if the people of Bonito
don't take care of nature,

then the serpents are surely
to rise up as well
and also flatten town.

But the part that
interests us the most

is the part that there is
this gigantic snake

that apparently Sinhozinho
trapped in a cave
beneath Bonito.

Oh, look, the sun's
coming down a little bit.

-[chuckles]
-[speaking other language]

Oh, careful, careful.
You don't wanna wake up
the snake.

[all chuckling]

These crosses are outstanding.

And I love the message
of Sinhozinho

But could you tell us
where the cave is

and maybe we can go
and see the snake?

[speaking other language]

[Forrest] Yeah.

So we asked Noraldino
can we go to that cave?

And he advised
strongly against it.

But we've come here
to look for a giant snake.

We have a lead that there's
a giant snake in a cave
right outside of town.

-[Noraldino] Obrigado.
-Obrigada.

Goodbye.

And that's where
we're headed next.

And the entrance is less
than two miles from
Noraldino's farm.

[Forrest] Also known
as the antbear,

these are the biggest
anteaters in the world.

And the only species
that is mostly terrestrial.

Meaning they spend almost
all of the their time
on the ground, as we see here.

[Forrest whispering]

[Forrest] You think
of a giant anaconda

and you think
the perfect prey species

is going to be something
like a big cow or a big deer.

Not at all.

That is the ideal meal.

See how it's long
and cylindrical?

It's the perfect thing
for an anaconda
to come up and eat.

Now, all we have to find
is the predator.

Those big anacondas,
they could be preying

on these gorgeous animals.
But hopefully not this one.

[Jessica] Hopefully
not this one.

[Forrest] The story
we've been told
of the three crosses

does sound more like fiction
than science.

But the cave itself
is very real.

I mean, you never know.
Maybe people really did see
snakes in the caves.

[Forrest] Giant snakes
do hang out in caves.

In fact, in Indonesia,

the best place to find
giant reticulated pythons
is outside of bat caves,

-where they hang out
and grab bats out of the air.
-That's true.

[Jessica] They'd have
plenty of prey that way.

So, you know, I think
there is an element of truth
to both the fact that

it's literal and that
it's metaphorical.

And maybe we find some
proof of a giant snake
right here in the cave.

-Mmm-hmm.
-And if we do,

then that answers
where the legend came from.

Yeah, I mean, look down.
Town's right there.

It all would have been
interconnected by
these cave systems.

And there would have been
giant snakes around.

But the local capuchins
don't seem very stressed

about running into
any predators.

-Look at that.
-[Jessica] They're having
an intimate moment.

We're really
disturbing them.

Nah, it doesn't
seem like it.

-[Jessica chuckles]
-They're a great prey source.

[Forrest] Oh, wow.
This is cool.

-[Jessica] Oh, yeah.
-[Forrest] It's
a beautiful cavern

just keeps going down
and down and down.

Oh, look, look.
Oh, wow.

-I thought it's...
Look at this.
-[Jessica] Oh. [laughs]

[Forrest] It totally
looks like...

[Jessica] You thought that
was a snake, didn't you?

Yeah, I mean, look.
That totally works as
a big snake, doesn't it?

I mean, I bought it myself
for a half-second.

-[Jessica] Yeah.
-Yeah.

-[chuckles] That's funny.
-That's cool.

-Roots growing all the way
down through the cavern.
-[Jessica] Mmm-hmm.

[Jessica] Ooh, watch yourself.
There you go.

[Forrest] Oh, wow, yeah.
Look at this.

What a cave.

[Jessica] Whoa.

[Forrest] So this
is one of the caves that
this region is famous for.

Where the surface
just looks like nothing

and then below it
are these massive
limestone caverns.

[Jessica] Yeah, you can see
the skylight up there.

So there's like a tiny
hole on the surface.

If an animal fell in,
it'd totally be trapped.

But a snake wouldn't be.

[Forrest] Snakes
are incredible climbers.

An anaconda could easily
climb down in here
and stay in here.

[Jessica] Yeah.

[Forrest] So let's just see
if we can come down
to the water here.

See if there's any signs
of life.

Look at how clear
this water is.

[Jessica] That water
is crystal clear.

[Forrest] Can we get
the dive gear down here?

What we're gonna do now
is just gear up to get
beneath the surface

and see if we can look
for any evidence

that there could be
any giant anacondas
in this water.

[Forrest speaking]

[Jessica speaking]

[Forrest speaking]

[Jessica speaking]

[Forrest] No sign
of any anacondas.

But I want to drop
even lower

and scan the bottom
of this cavern.

[Jessica speaking]

[Forrest] The unique
curved snout
is a dead giveaway.

The acids and enzymes
in the anaconda's
stomach are intense.

And larger prey can sometimes
spend weeks passing through
their digestive system.

Even the bones are dissolved.

[Jessica] I've loved fossils
my entire life.

So, seeing that preserved
anteater under the water
was just really special.

But there's not really
any signs of life down here.

While the belief
and the legend might be

that there are giant snakes
beneath the city

and beneath the town
around here,

the biologist in me says
that we need
to rethink our strategy,

head back up to the surface
and head into the jungle.

[Forrest] I reached out
to Daniel to let him know

our cave adventure
wasn't showing any evidence.

And he alerted us to
a recent sighting of an
enormous anaconda downriver.

It's a long trek down
the Bonito River.

But I like our chances better
with a confirmed sighting,

than searching
more cave systems.

So we're just heading
out of town now.

We've got the boats with us,

and we're looking for a place
to put in and head downriver.

And that's where we're hoping
we're gonna find our
giant aquatic snake.

If the snake
potentially has gotten
to this gargantuan size,

that means it's very old.
And chances are
its survival tactic

has been staying away
from humans.

So that's why we need
to get so deep
into the jungle here.

[exhales deeply]

So it's been
a pretty good journey
just getting to this stage.

We've found an area.
Now we can put the boats in.

We're gonna load them up,

carry them down
to the water,
launch them.

Daniel is joining our crew

along with local herpetologist
Juliana de Souza Terra,

Bonito's own mayor,
Juca Ygarape,

and our river boat captain,
Adao.

Getting onto the river
was just the beginning.

We have to maneuver
these boats over
multiple small waterfalls.

Without dumping
all our gear...

Or ourselves.

[men speaking other language]

Aron here found something.

[Forrest] Oh, yeah
I can see him
pretty clearly now.

Right there. You'll see.

[man] You wanna...

Aron here found something
very exciting.

If you look in the bushes
right here...

This is how incredibly cryptic
these snakes are.

Right here is our first
wild anaconda.

See him right there
all coiled up?

He's just starting to be alert
to our presence now.

Anacondas will prey
on almost anything
they can swallow.

And from here,
this young specimen
has access to small fish

birds and even
other reptiles.

Beautiful, stunning anaconda.

But it's not
what we've come here for.

We've come here
for a true monster,

and this is
about the same size

as the one
that Daniel showed us
at the bio park.

First wild anaconda,
not what we're looking for.

Our goal is to capture
the largest snake we can find.

And take a sample,
so we can age it.

This will tell us
if it can live long enough

to reach lengths
of 50 feet or more,

and help us better understand
how to protect them.

Let's just keep heading
further and further towards
the source of this river.

The reason that these rivers
are so blue and so clear,

and there's so much visibility
and fish life here,

is these are actually springs
that spout up
through the sand.

And this visibility
is a huge asset.

It makes it easier
to find areas

that a giant snake
would use for hunting.

So what we're looking for
is an area where you have
overhanging logs,

and big riverbanks
hanging out in the sun.

See, this forest is thick
and it's dense.

And the forest floor
is cool and shaded.

So, what they're looking for
is a place where they can
escape the cold water,

escape the cold,
shaded forest,

and have this perfect
little piece of habitat,

where there's enough sun
for them to gain energy

to head back into the forest,
or back into the water
to continue hunting.

All right. We're gonna have
to offload everything here.

Move it on to the dry.

Pick the boat up,
and then keep going.

One, two...

As beautiful as
these waterfalls are,

they don't play well
with boats.

...two, three.

Okay.

All right. There we go.

[Forrest, quietly]
So we've just come
off the boats now,

and there's
this little tributary
that feeds up here.

And it just looks like
the perfect place

for a big anaconda
to go and rest,

come out
to the main body of water,
go back and rest.

So while the sun's overhead,
we're just gonna check
this tributary.

That's it.

There's all kinds of tracks
here from game going down
to drink.

The perfect anaconda
ambush spot.

We're trying to be quiet.

But sneaking up on an anaconda
is nearly impossible.

They can use their tongues
to catch our scents,

can detect heat
using special pits
near their eyes

and they use the bones
in their jaws to feel
surface vibrations.

-That slide right there.
-Oh, yeah.

[Forrest] See how big
that slide is?

Shh, shh, shh.

[Forrest whispers] She's huge.
Look here. Look.

See how there's all of this
trodden-down area here?

The peccaries, the capybara,
they're all coming here
to get water

'cause it goes
the furthest into the jungle.

Jess, how big
does she look from your end?

I'd guess, like, 15 feet?

-[Forrest] Yeah.
-[Jessica] But she
is really fat.

She might be breeding
this season.

[Forrest] So while this is
a big, beautiful [chuckles]
really impressive snake,

This is not the real monster
that we've come here for.

So, let's leave her be,
let's leave her in peace
and keep going.

Never thought I'd turn down
catching a snake that size
in my life. [laughs]

As clear as this water is,
we saw how the anaconda's
natural camouflage

allowed it to seamlessly blend
into the creek bed.

To get around
this natural defense,

we have to get in the water,
and look up from underneath,

where they are easier to spot
against the surface.

These snakes like to spend
the cool nights

submerged under reed mats
under the cover of darkness

So, that's where
we have to put ourselves
before the sun goes down.

So as soon as
these guys are ready,
we'll hop in.

Johnny, tell us
what you just found.

Well, it seems we've got
the only remaining pieces
of the last guy

that tried to do
what we're about to go do.

-[Forrest chuckles]
-So, this should be fun.

If you're looking
for a giant snake,

the theory is,
when they get
to a certain size,

they're literally too big
to be on land.

So all of this island
that you see here,
has this massive overhang.

And underneath it is a series
of caverns and tunnels

and the perfect place
for a mega snake to hide
completely undetected.

And it's, uh,
it's very creepy.

Johnny. Come see what I found.

This looks really promising.

[Forrest] It's in there.
It's deep.

I'm gonna stick
my arm in.

So just watch out,
in case something happens.

-[Johnny] You wanna
tell me what it is?
-Nope.

Okay.

[Johnny chuckles]

It all fell apart.

But down there,

is an absolutely massive
snake shed.

I mean, you can see
this is just one little
section of it.

I wish I could've got it out.
It looked like a sleeping bag
under there.

This is not doing it justice.

But you can see it's just
completely shredding,

and it's all interwoven
with the sticks.

[sighs] Let's keep looking.

[Forrest] Oh, wow, Johnny,
look in here.

[grunts]

[grunting]

[Forrest] Look in here.

-[Jessica] Where?
-[Forrest] Look at the skin.

[Jessica] More skin.

[Forrest] Look at the size
of the scales.

-They go all the way back
in this tunnel
-[Jessica] Oh, wow.

[Jessica] This definitely
looks like her home.
[laughs]

[Forrest] This is
her little lair.

[grunts] Okay.

-This is truly
from a magnificent snake.
-[Jessica] Oh, wow.

[Forrest] This is her home.
We've got this little lair
here.

Snakes shed their skin
as they grow.

Meaning the anaconda
that shed this...

is now even bigger.

This is definitely where
there's a very large snake
hanging out.

These scales are huge.

They're bigger
than any I've ever seen.

So, chances are,
these belong to a female.

And we know
that the female anacondas
tend to have a home range.

So, I definitely think
we're on the right track.
We're getting closer.

What we're gonna do, guys,
is grab the gear,

and I wanna stay away
from the water

because we make
too much noise.

So, we're gonna go build camp
up in the jungle
for the night.

-[man] Sounds good.
-Okay.

[Forrest] As the sun rises,
we're back out on the water,

scanning the area near
where we discovered
the female's den yesterday.

[Jessica] Something is moving
back there.

[whispering]

[mouthing]

This is by far
the largest anaconda
we've seen.

And it's going
to take all of us to catch her
without harming her or us.

So we're backing off a bit
to quickly make a plan.

[whispering]

She's in
a very precarious spot.

She's on that log,
with water on either side.

-I think we should approach
on the log and go for her.
-[Jessica] Yep.

But we're probably gonna
roll into the water.

[Forrest] Yes.

But this is no jokes, guys.
You gotta listen.

This is not, like,
hold your camera
and watch me die, right?

This is come and help
if you need to help.

If she gets a coil
around my trunk or my chest,

she'll break my ribs
and kill me.

The fact that we are moments
from trying to capture

a giant snake already
has us all on edge.

[Forrest] I'm not gonna let go
of her head.

I'm telling you right now,
I'm not letting go
of her head.

-Whatever, man.
That's fine.
-[Mitch] Don't forget that.

-[Mitch speaking]
-Okay. Cupcake. I--

You're gonna have
to drop the cameras and help.
Let's go.

Okay. Ready?
Johnny, you ready?

I'm getting
a little jittery here.

[inaudible]

[Forrest] We found
one of the giant anacondas,

what we've come here
looking for.

She's curled up
in that little bit of bushes.

Johnny's ready to dive,

Jess and I are gonna go
for the approach,

but we're all gonna
work together,

see if she's as big
as the legends say,

get a weight,
get a measurement.

Then we're gonna free her
into this beautiful water.

It's pre-game jitters time.
[laughs nervously]

Since this super-sized
green anaconda
is tightly coiled,

we have no idea
how long it actually is.

I saw one coil
and it was like...

I mean, like a tree trunk.

[Forrest] Or how many of us
it will take to overpower her.

These snakes are, like,
the most powerful thing
you can imagine.

She's a whole lot
of snake in there.

[whistles] She's big.
See her coil?

[whispering] Stop, stop, stop,
stop, stop, stop, stop, stop.

[Forrest] The plan is
to rush her.

If I can secure her head,
we have a chance.

[Forrest] Oh, [bleep]!

[Jessica] Careful.

[Forrest] Watch out.
Watch out. She's gonna strike.

Hold her. Hold her if you can.

-I gotta get her head.
-[Juliana] Guys, help us.

[Forrest] We need
help! We need help!

Cannot let her get
more leverage.

Johnny, come help if you can.

Just come in, dude.
Just come in. I'm serious.

We're gonna lose her.

I failed to secure her head.

Jess, be careful.
She's gonna strike.

[grunts]

Her head's up here.
Her head's up here.

Hold her. Hold her.

[grunts]

[Forrest shouts] Come to here!
I need help over here!

-[shouts] Cupcake!
-[Jessica] She's squeezing...

Where is she?

[grunting]

-[Jessica] The anaconda!
-[Forrest] Help, guys. Help.

-[Jessica grunts]
-[Forrest] You need
to come to us.

[Jessica shouts] Oh, no!

[Forrest] Johnny!

[Jessica grunts]

[Forrest] Someone's gotta hold
with Jess so I can go get it.

[Jessica] Someone hold
with me!

[Johnny] All right.
I'm coming, man.

[Forrest] Help the girls.

[Johnny] Can you get
in there?

[Forrest] Where's
her head, guys?

Right here. She's moving,
she's moving, she's moving.

[Mitch] Johnny,
can you get in front of her?

[Jessica] I'm losing her!

[Mitch] We're not gonna hold
her much longer, Forrest!

[Jessica] She's slipping away!

[Forrest] She's gone.

Clearly a survivor
at that size.

-[sighs in exasperation]
-[Jessica] That was awkward.

[Forrest] That was
my fault, guys.

I went for the grab
and she just dodged me.

They're so strong.

Fortunately, she wasn't hurt
and neither were we.

[Forrest speaking]

-Yeah, in there.
In there, yeah.
-[man] This?

[Forrest] Yeah.

[Forrest] Anacondas this large
and powerful have been known

to eat deer, caiman
and even cattle.

Our team of ten was no match
for her incredible strength.

[Forrest speaking]

[Jessica speaking]

[Forrest] Get the dive gear.
Get the dive gear.

I've never encountered a snake
of that strength before.

So, we have
to do this another way.

We're gonna get in on scuba,
'cause she is literally
unmanageable.

It's the first snake
I've ever met
that I can't manage.

She's twice as fast
in the water.

Reaching speeds
of 10 miles an hour.

But we've tired her out.

So, we're gonna try
to swim up next to her

and get a measurement
before she slips away.

[on radio]

[man] Underneath
you, Mitch.

[on radio]

She can easily stay submerged
for ten minutes or more.

And while she's too tired
for an attack,

she's still a strike danger
if we get too close
to her head.

[man 1] We need
you guys ready. We've got
an opportunity here.

[man 2] Okay.

[Forrest] We've got
another shot
at capturing her.

She's moved onto
the shallow bank.

If we can all surround her
and get on top of her head,
it could give us an advantage.

-She's right here.
-[Johnny] You see her head?

-[Forrest] Her head's up here.
-Okay.

[Forrest] She's
under this log.

She's recharging right now.

She's right in here.
She is unmanageably large.

We might have
a shot at her here.

[Forrest speaking]

By coiling up,
she makes it difficult

for more than two of us
to approach at once.

And knowing which part
of her you are grabbing
becomes a crapshoot.

-[man] I don't see her.
-[Forrest] I'm coming.
Stay there. Stay there.

I can see her head.
I can see it.

Same as last time.

If I can secure her head,
we have a chance.

Watch out,
watch out, watch out!

It's coming
through to you guys.

Jess, stay with her.

Stay with her.
I gotta go this way.

-Watch out.
-[Johnny] Going for it.

[Forrest shouting] Come here!
Grab her head, grab her head!

-Yes!
-[Johnny] We got her.

-We got her, we got her.
-[Forrest] Hold her, hold her.

Two hands, two hands,
two hands, two hands.

Four hands, four hands.

Everybody on. Everybody on.

We're getting her here, guys.
We're getting her. All right.

[Jessica] We need
one person here.

-[Juliana] Could you help,
Johnny?
-[Johnny] Yep.

[Forrest] Okay, I'm getting
the side. I got it.

Jess, let go. Jess, let go.

[Johnny] Okay, what's it on?
This one?

[Forrest] You gotta
come under.
Yep, that's the way.

That's the right way.

-[Johnny] Under? Under?
-[Forrest] Yep.

Got her head.
Not yet, not yet.
And I got it.

Okay. Here we go.

So, grab the head.
Little bit higher, Johnny,

or you're gonna get bitten.
There we go. That's all right.

Shallow, not deep.
Shallow, not deep.

We got her, guys.

We're doing it.
We are doing it.

Okay?

-[man speaking indistinctly]
-[Forrest] Be gentle
on her neck.

-[Johnny] Okay.
-[Forrest] That's the way.
That's the way.

Watch this coil.

This first third is
the strongest third.

[Johnny] Yep, I got her.

We can get a chunk of her body
into the boat, guys.

-[Johnny] Okay.
-[Jessica] Okay.

Okay.

-Okay, you got it?
-[Forrest] Yep, I got it.

-[man speaking other language]
-I got it.

[Juliana] Lift her.

-[Forrest] Hold
her mouth closed.
-[Juliana] Yeah.

[Forrest] Okay. You got it.
You got it.

The darkness from this hood
will calm her down

and restrict her
from biting anyone.

[Forrest] It's that first coil
that's the most
dangerous, guys.

[Juliana] Okay.

[Forrest] You can release her.

-[Johnny] We can let go? Okay.
-[Forrest] Yep.

Oh, Juliana, watch out.
Watch out!

We're gonna lose
her in the water.

Yeah. She's all right now.

Let's go to that area upriver
where there's nice, flat bank.

That was insane.

The largest snake
I've ever handled.

A hulk of the animal kingdom.

You got it? Okay.

[Forrest] So, this is what
it's like camping in Brazil.

Just got back
to the camp area.

This is the spot
we designated the toilet.

And sure enough,
I have a little fat
water hamster,

aka a capybara,
hanging out here
just watching me pee.

So check this guy.

The largest rodent species
on Earth.

A semi-aquatic creature
that hangs out
in an area like this, my camp.

Near to the water,
but lives in the jungle.

They can grow fairly large.

In fact,
the heaviest ever recorded

was a female
from this area in Brazil

that weighed
just over 200 pounds.

If you see that thing swimming
around at night

and you're
a 20-foot-long anaconda,

it's literally
the perfect meal.

[Forrest] We've got her.

The largest snake
I've ever handled.

We're just taking
a short ride upriver,

near to the place
where we first spotted her,

so that we can release her
by her den.

Okay. All right.
Listen up, everybody.

We've gotta get a weight
and a length.

[Jessica] Okay.

For length.

We have to measure
section by section
with a length of cord

using her scales
as reference points.

And got it.

The longer she is,
the older she is.

Come on.

Look at the size
of this snake.

Oh, she's
an impressive animal.

[man] Eighteen.

-[Forrest] 19-footer.
-19 feet.

[Forrest] A 19-footer.

Not quite as large
as the legends.

But average females are
only around 15 feet.

She's an incredibly rare
monster snake.

Never seen
an animal like that, have you?

Now, we're just going
to shave off a bit of a scale.

This won't hurt her,
but it will allow us
to confirm her age

along with
other biological data.

The average lifespan is
about ten years in the wild,

but at her size,
I would guess
she's much older.

Snakes this size are becoming
increasingly rare.

And understanding
the conditions that allow

them to grow so large
will aid Juliana's efforts
to conserve them.

This is absolutely remarkable.

I mean, a truly giant anaconda
that we have had the privilege
of catching.

So, let's do the best we can
to get a weight.

We've got a giant bag
to weigh her,

but she doesn't even come
close to fitting in it.

Let's lift from the straps.
She's very heavy.

Here we go.

[all] One, two, three.

[grunting]

[Jessica] All right, guys,
220, 228.

Two... Ten...

-We didn't even get
her whole body off the ground.
-All right.

[Forrest] So, let's say she's
about a 300-pound snake.

It's gonna take everybody
to hold her at length.

Look at the size
of this animal.

Easily 300 pounds and,
if you guys can hold her,

I'll take this off her head
and we'll let her go.

Everybody ready?

Okay, we're gonna stretch
her out this way.

Okay, here we go.
We're gonna let her go.

Off you go. Go on.

Here she goes.

Look at that
incredible animal!

Whoo!

Whoo!

[laughing]

We came here
to look for a giant snake.

We came here to see
if the legends were true.

And while she's not 40-foot,

that 20-foot animal
in the water,
in our hands,

that muscle,
that incredible physique,

that unbelievable raw power,
to me, is legendary.

There is nothing
more magnificent,

there is nothing
more impressive than
an animal of that size.

This giant anaconda
will continue to grow here

in this pristine habitat.

It's possible she could
one day reach the size

we've only heard about
in legends

like Sinhozinho
and his three crosses.

An ancient animal.
A true dinosaur.

And we caught her.

We did exactly
what we came here for.

[Jessica] What was
the safe word
we had as a team?

-I don't even know.
-[man] Cupcake!

Cupcake.
Didn't even know that.

Didn't even know
the safe word.

-That's good to know.
-[all laughing]

[Forrest] Good job everybody.

[Juliana] Good job.
Good job, guys.

[both laughing]

[indistinct chatter]

That was amazing.