A Snake of Unusual Size

By Queuebot in Animals & Pets on Feb 5, 2009 at 12:24 am

The biggest snake ever discovered was announced today on National Geographic News.  Its fossilized remains turned up in a coal mine in northeastern Colombia.

The monster measured 42 feet long, weighed about 2,500 lbs., and slithered through the rainforests 60 million years ago devouring crocodiles.

According to paleontologist Hans-Dieter Sues, associate director for research and collections at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC: "Given the sheer size, the sheer cross section of that snake, it would be probably like one of those devices they use to crush old cars in a junkyard."

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  1. Pudifoot
    Feb 5th, 2009 at 12:30 am

    S.O.U.S’s? I don’t think they exist.

  2. Johnny Cat
    Feb 5th, 2009 at 12:42 am

    this is all over the news.

  3. stapler
    Feb 5th, 2009 at 11:52 am

    pudifoot, I was totally going to say that.

  4. ADSGNAT
    Feb 5th, 2009 at 2:59 pm

    Nat Geo is full of disinformation.
    There have been snakes found that are 100 ft and longer in brazil in the past 50 yrs, they are committed to protecting their theory at any cost.


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