Podbit · Lex Fridman Podcast
Rosolie and ten team members struggled to measure a just-under-20-foot green anaconda named Millie — and she barely noticed. One flex of her body sent a line of people flying sideways. He has now caught over 90 anacondas, and at this scale they are pure Leviathan: apex, unhurried, and capable of crushing a human into 'goop' if they choose.
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The anaconda segment begins with an Instagram post that went viral — Snoop Dogg shared it — and Rosolie explaining why it's simultaneously insane and arguably the safest giant-snake interaction possible. At apex size, female green anacondas are unbothered rather than defensive: their recurved teeth make biting costly to them, they prefer to flee, and the truly large individuals move with an almost geological unhurriedness. [1] — Paul Rosolie "Rosolie and ten team members struggled to measure a just-under-20-foot green anaconda named Millie — and she barely noticed. One flex of he…" 2:08:52 But 'Millie,' just under 20 feet, still flexed once during measurement and sent ten people airborne in two directions. Rosolie is clear: without JJ available to unwrap her, this interaction would be fatal. He reflects on his 90+ anaconda catches and the handful of 20-to-26-foot specimens he's encountered in the Floating Forest — a region believed to harbor potentially much larger individuals. The segment closes on the profound mechanical reality of what constriction actually does: your shoulders get folded, and then six feet-thick coils of steel-cable muscle systematically collapse everything.
Rosolie and his team physically caught a green anaconda just under 20 feet long — his largest ever — which required ten people to lift and still overpowered them effortlessly.
Paul Rosolie has physically caught over 90 anacondas during his 20 years in the Amazon, including multiple individuals in the 20–26 foot range.
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