When a person develops hypothyroidism, their metabolism slows down. âThe calories will stick, and you will gain weight,â Dr. Wartofsky said. The weight is not massive, however; usually between 10 and 30 pounds, he said, explaining that the body adjusts for the slower metabolism.
1 Any member of the genus Eunectes, a group of large, aquatic snakes found in South America. 2  Eunectes murinus, the green anaconda, the largest species, is found east of the Andes in Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil and Trinidad and Tobago. Eunectes beniensis, the Bolivian anaconda, the most recently defined species, is found in the Departments of Beni and Pando in Bolivia. 2  The giant anaconda is a mythical snake of enormous proportions said to be found in South America.
Anacondas belong to the boa family and are found in South America and the Amazon basin. A python belongs to the family Pythonidae. It prowls the thick and dense forest of South Asia, South East Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa. Anaconda is the heaviest and the biggest snake in the world.