Factual error: During the first battle with an Anaconda, the 55-gallon fuel drums lashed to the deck of the riverboat are swept over the side, where they sink to the bottom of the river. This plot device drives the rest of the movie, since the boat must make a dangerous detour through "Anaconda country." There is just one small problem with this: Fuel drums full of diesel fuel or gasoline float on water. The fuel in them makes them buoyant. It would have been a simple matter for someone to get a rope or a boathook and retrieve the fuel drums before they floated away.
Anaconda (1997)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Luis Llosa
Starring: Jon Voight, Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube, Eric Stoltz
Jon Voight captures and uses Lopez and Ice Cube as bait for the snake. However snake evades trap and swallows Jon Voight whole. Lopez and Ice Cube escape after blowing up factory by the river, with snake inside. Snake then arises from the river still alive but Ice Cube stabs an axe in its head and it dies. Lopez and Ice Cube go home happily ever after.
Howard
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Trivia: The original theatrical trailer for this movie includes the scene where Gary (Owen Wilson) is grabbed from behind by the snake and pulled backwards but the CGI snake hadn't been added in yet so you just see Gary falling backwards. This trailer is available on YouTube.
Question: Is there any truth that an anaconda will regurgitate its prey so it can keep feeding, or was it made up for the film?
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Answer: A snake can regurgitate its food, but they do this mostly if they are in danger or stressed, not to go after another prey or swallow it again so it's easier to digest. The food is usually quite a weight on their body and takes long to digest, so the snake could regurgitate it to become mobile again if threatened.
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