Ammon News - Scientists are mourning the loss of the world's largest snake named 'Ana Julia' after hearing it was 'shot dead by hunters' on Sunday in Brazil's Amazon Rainforest.

A team of 15 international biologists discovered the Northern Green Anaconda in February and determined it was a new species based on a 5.5 percent difference in its DNA compared to other anacondas.

Ana Julie's 26-foot-long lifeless body was found in the Formoso River in the rural area of Bonito in southern Brazil's Mato Grosso do Sul State.

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