🐍 Green anaconda vs Jaguar 🐆
The green anaconda is about 4 times as long as the jaguar. The green anaconda weighs about 3 times as much as the jaguar.
| Row | 🐍 Green anaconda | 🐆 Jaguar |
|---|---|---|
| Top speed Neither has a checked number yet. | no checked number yet | no checked number yet |
| Weight The green anaconda weighs about 3 times as much as the jaguar. | 551 lb250 kg1 | 79 to 348 lb36 to 158 kg2 |
| Lives The jaguar lives a bit longer than the green anaconda. | 10 years10 years1 | 10 to 15 years10 to 15 years2 |
| Eats Both eat meat. | fish, birds, turtles, capybaras and other animals near the water | capybaras, deer, fish, turtles and caimans |
| Lives in They can live in the same kind of place. | the swamps, slow rivers and rainforests of tropical South America | the rainforests and wetlands of Central and South America |
Which one? Green anaconda or jaguar
🏁 Who would win the race?
We don't have a checked top speed for the green anaconda or the jaguar 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
- Smithsonian's National Zoo, Green anaconda, checked 30 October 2026.
- US Fish and Wildlife Service, Jaguar species profile, checked 30 October 2026.
- US Geological Survey, Nonindigenous Aquatic Species: green anaconda profile, checked 30 October 2026.