One of the most recognisable snakes in the world is now calling The Green Planet home.
Adding to its growing list of creatures housed at its biodome in Dubai, two anacondas — whose names and genders have yet to be revealed — have made their way to the family-friendly attraction.
The snakes each measure about four metres in length and hail from South America.
Visitors can book tickets to observe the reptiles up close in the recently renovated nocturnal walkthrough area of the attraction's indoor rainforest.
There are also other nocturnal animals to spot such as a prehensile-tailed porcupine, armadillos, tamandua anteaters, a family of slow lorises, Burmese pythons and forest scorpions.
In June, The Green Planet relaunched its overnight camping experience to the public. Visitors are able to sleep among the more than 3,000 animals and plants that call the biodome home.
Scroll the gallery below to see The Green Planet at night
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The Green Planet has relaunched its Camping in the Rainforest experience, which allows visitors to stay at Dubai's indoor rainforest overnight. All photos: Chris Whiteoak / The National -
Campers sleep among the 3,000 plants and animals that call The Green Planet home. -
The New Caledonia giant gecko. -
A Victoria Crowned Pigeon sleeps. -
Families are invited to explore the facility. -
The Green Planet leads tours to introduce visitors to nocturnal animals. -
Games and family activities are also held. -
A view of the snakes. -
Birds sit on the handrail as the sun goes down. -
A view of the biodome at night. -
Darkness has fallen. -
Birds fly around freely. -
The facility is home to snakes and lizards. -
A giant gecko. -
A young boy walks around the rainforest at night looking at the animals. -
A slow loris. -
Visitors are given head torches. -
A bearcat at the biodome. -
The sloths climb at night.
Meet the creatures inside The Green Planet
The family-friendly facility is home to a wide range of creatures, including Fluffy the bearcat, a male binturong that's The Green Planet's biggest furry resident, as well as cotton-top tamarin monkey twins that were born at the dome.
In 2019, the team took in an abandoned slow loris that was rescued from Dubai's streets. Lonely Loris, as he is called, was found abandoned in a box and is thought to have been illegally trafficked. The doe-eyed primate is a Sunda slow loris from Java, Indonesia. There are nine species of slow loris, which originate from Asia, and they are at significant risk of extinction in the wild, sharing the same critical status as African elephants, gorillas and orangutans.
A few months later, Amal, a second slow loris, was brought to the facility for breeding purposes.
Scroll the gallery below to see what else is inside The Green Planet
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The Green Planet is in City Walk, Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National -
The indoor biodome rainforest houses hundreds of creatures. Chris Whiteoak / The National -
A two-toed sloth lives at The Green Planet, Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National -
Fish feeding time at The Green Planet, Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National -
The Green Planet is also home to 1,000 piranha fish. Chris Whiteoak / The National -
A channel billed toucan at The Green Planet, Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National -
Visitors at The Green Planet, Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National -
Designed as an enclosed ecosystem, The Green Planet recreates a tropical forest with over 3,000 plants and animals. Chris Whiteoak / The National -
See the world’s largest indoor man-made and life-sustaining tree at The Green Planet, Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National -
Children love it here. Chris Whiteoak / The National -
The attraction is split into various sections. Chris Whiteoak / The National
