An anaconda died at the Nandankanan Zoological Park on Friday. The cause of death of the giant snake would be ascertained after postmortem, a zoo official said.
Now, only five anacondas are left at the zoo. Last year, two anacondas had died. A total of eight yellow anacondas had been brought to the zoo from the Madras Crocodile Bank Trust and Centre for Herpetology in Chennai on October 22, 2019. The first anaconda’s death had been reported on November 28, 2019. The zoo lost its second anaconda in two days, November 30, 2019.