sangai: tellin ya, hippos are 4-toed and live on the wrong continent, and aren't shaped like that. That's a tapir, no question about it. Count the toes, tapirs have 3 toes on their back legs. Not to say it's not impressive ... adult tapirs can be in the 300-600 pound range. Which is right where that looked like it was.

Pygmy hippos are also 4-toed, and generally shaped like hippos, but you're right on their size.

Capybaras are much smaller than pygmy hippos and tapirs. They usually weigh in in the 75-150lb range. Making them an easy snack for an anaconda, compared to some of the other prey animals they eat.

Honoko: yeah, the thrust of the article was that people's former pet boas released into the swamps in florida are thriving and killing things that they shouldn't be... which is bad news. Here's the article -- it's a reuter's story, so it's all over the place.