![]() She’s still undergoing a “standard quarantine period.” Since she’s so big, she’s been quarantining in her habitat instead of the zoo’s Animal Health Center. At about the same time, Milwaukee Zoo said, its previous anaconda, Moe, “was humanely euthanized,” as he had “longstanding medical issues.” The two zoos agreed it only made sense for Olive to make the move to Milwaukee. Henry Vilas Zoo has another green anaconda, and said their habitat didn’t give the duo “enough space to express natural behaviors.” It set off to find Olive a new home. She was previously at the Henry Vilas Zoo in Madison and made the trip to Milwaukee in the fall. Olive has actually been acclimating to Milwaukee for a while. Anacondas are the heaviest snakes in the world, and can grow up to 30 feet long. But as far as anacondas go, Olive is not as big as she could be. At 15.2 feet long, she is the longest snake on record to ever call Milwaukee Zoo home.
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