At 2,500 Pounds and 43 Feet, Prehistoric Snake Is the Largest on Record
Wednesday, February 4, 2009 - 13:56
in Biology & Nature
Scientists have recovered fossils from a 60-million-year-old South American snake whose length and weight might make today's anacondas and reticulated pythons seem a bit cuter and more cuddly. Named Titanoboa cerrejonensis by its discoverers, the size of the snake's vertebrae suggest it weighed 1,140 kilograms (2,500 pounds) and measured 13 meters (42.7 feet) nose to tail tip -- and that's a conservative estimate.
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