At 2,500 Pounds And 43 Feet, Prehistoric Snake Is Largest On Record
Wednesday, February 4, 2009 - 13:28
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The largest snake the world has ever known -- as long as a school bus and as heavy as a small car -- ruled tropical ecosystems only 6 million years after the demise of the fearsome Tyrannosaurus rex, according to a new discovery published in the journal Nature.
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