Jaguar pounces on swimming anaconda in savage attack

A jaguar pounces on a two-metre-long swimming anaconda in a savage attack, a terrifying video has shown.

Video, filmed by Paulo Boute in Brazil, captures the predator leaping on top of the two-metre-long swimming anaconda after scouring the Pantanal river banks for its next meal.

Incredible footage shows the jaguar burying its face into the water before dragging the giant snake between its teeth from the water.

Despite the struggling snake trying to swim away, the big cat leaps up the bank and away into the rainforest to devour its freshly caught meal.

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