The Anaconda has been featured in many stories well known around Latin America, written by famous Uruguayan writer Horacio Quiroga, which even founded the Anaconda Association (a group of Argentine and Uruguayan intellectuals) circa 1920. He also published a book named Anaconda around 1921.Perhaps the most well-known film portrayal of a giant anaconda in popular fiction is the 1997 film Anaconda, which featured a giant anaconda hunting and killing several crew members from National Geographic, and its sequel Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid. Another two sequels and a crossover film, Anaconda 3: Offspring, Anacondas: Trail of Blood and Lake Placid vs. Anaconda were produced as made-for-television films in 2008, 2009 and 2015.
