Brazilians flee anacondas, alligators amid floods

Over two lakh people have fled the worst rainfall and flooding in decades, braving newly formed rivers teeming with anacondas, alligators and legless reptiles known as "worm lizards" whose bite is excruciating

Over two lakh peopleu00a0have fled the worst rainfall and flooding in decades, braving newly formed rivers teeming with anacondas, alligators and legless reptiles known as "worm lizards" whose bite is excruciating.

Adults have been wading through waist-deep water despite rattlesnakes and anacondas swimming nearby.

Also driven from their burrows and swimming through the water were rodent-eating reptiles known as a "worm lizards" that look like giant white earthworms. Even though no one's been bitten so far, 36 people have been killed in the flooding.

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