Titanoboa, largest prehistoric snake discovered in Colombia
Wednesday, February 4, 2009 - 11:56
in Biology & Nature
The discovery of world's largest prehistoric snake is reported in today's issue of Nature. The snake, named Titanoboa cerrejonensis, a relative of the Boa constrictor, was 13 metres (42 feet) long, weighed 1,140 kilograms, and would have required temperatures that are hotter than in today's tropics. The finding calls into question the idea that the climate system has a 'thermostat' that regulates tropical temperatures...
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