Anaconda snakes do not lay eggs. However, Python, that is often confused with an anaconda lays eggs.
Pulwama: The presence of snakes and ‘Anaconda eggs’ have created fear among people in Kashmir’s Pulwama district. The mysterious presence of ‘Anaconda eggs’ have not only baffled people but the officials from Wild Life Department are also clueless.
Reports said that snake eggs were found by people at various villages in agricultural land and orchards including Mitrigam, Sirnu, Muran, Rohmu and Monghama. Showkat Ahmed, a local from Pulwama told CNS that the other day he was in his orchard when he found a bag full of “anaconda eggs”.
“The bag was sealed with a label. The department of wild life Brazil was written on it,” he said.
Locals added that they found large number of snakes roaming in the orchards. “The presence of snakes in orchards and fields in Pulwama is a rare phenomenon. We never come across any snake in our fields but now we are perplexed and baffled,” they said.
Meanwhile, a team from Wild Life Department visited different villages but said they didn’t find any snake anywhere.
“There is nothing new in it. In Kashmir we find snakes at different places but the presence of anaconda snakes and eggs is totally new and strange,” said an official.
It is pertinent to mention here that Anaconda snakes do not lay eggs. Anacondas reproduce by giving birth and are found in tropical regions. However, Python, that is often confused with an anaconda lays eggs.
(With inputs from CNS)
