Biggest Snake Ever!!
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In 2009, within the Cerrejón coal mine in northern Colombia, scientists unearthed the fossilized remains of an ancient snake so mindbogglingly massive, its discovery seemed almost mythical. Dubbed Titanoboa cerrejonensis, this prehistoric boa lived about 58 to 60 million years ago, not long after the dinosaurs vanished. Estimated at nearly 42 feet long at the time and weighing well over a ton, it remains the largest snake ever discovered (although another prehistoric snake from ancient India might be a close contender).
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Its skull also showed reduced articulations between key bones and a shallow quadrate angle, both of which are associated with piscivory. Combine that with its swampy habitat and the presence of giant prehistoric fish nearby, and a new picture emerged: Titanoboa may have been the only boid of its kind: a supersized, fish-hunting serpent unlike anything else we’ve ever seen.
