Predation: They are common apex predators
No cause of death through sexual competition
Disease: Paramyxovirus infection, 2 snakes have been known to survive
Other causes: hunting and ischemia ( when blood cannot get to the brain
Competion
interspecies- mating with others
intraspecies- fighting for territory and food most often with big cats in the rain forest
They themselves are an invasive species
IUCN: least concern
Population and Population Trends: No Data
Human Interaction
Anacondas are killed in retaliation for livestock consumption and percieved risk to humans.
Because of climate change, rainforests will get warmer and make severe droughts which will force anacondas to live on drier land.
There has not been anything to prevent this as they are currently a least concern animal
We have been interacting with this animal since we first discovered it in the 17th Century