🐍 Green anaconda vs Common green darner 🦋
The green anaconda is about 100 times as long as the common green darner.
| Row | 🐍 Green anaconda | 🦋 Common green darner |
|---|---|---|
| Top speed We don't have a checked number for the green anaconda yet. | no checked number yet | 37 mph60 km/h1 |
| Weight We don't have a checked number for the common green darner yet. | 551 lb250 kg2 | no checked number yet |
| Lives We don't have a checked number for the common green darner yet. | 10 years10 years2 | no checked number yet |
| Eats The green anaconda eats meat; the common green darner eats bugs. | fish, birds, turtles, capybaras and other animals near the water | mosquitoes, flies, midges and other small flying insects |
| Lives in They can live in the same kind of place. | the swamps, slow rivers and rainforests of tropical South America | ponds, marshes and meadows across North America, with some flying south for winter |
Which one? Green anaconda or common green darner
🏁 Who would win the race?
We don't have a checked top speed for the green anaconda yet, so there is no race.
We only race. Real animals mostly avoid each other. A race is the only fair contest: who reaches the tree first, by top speed.
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Where these numbers come from
- National Park Service, Species Spotlight: Dragonflies, checked 30 October 2026.
- Smithsonian's National Zoo, Green anaconda, checked 30 October 2026.
- US Geological Survey, Nonindigenous Aquatic Species: green anaconda profile, checked 30 October 2026.
- National Park Service, Mississippi National River & Recreation Area, checked 30 October 2026.