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Largest Prehistoric Snake On Record Discovered In Colombia

Posted by timothy on from the must-have-made-a-lot-of-steaks dept.

minimen writes "Scientists have recovered fossils of a 60-million-year-old South American snake. Named Titanoboa cerrejonensis by its discoverers, the size of the snake's vertebrae suggest it weighed 1140 kg (2,500 pounds) and measured 13 meters (42.7 feet) nose to tail tip. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the longest snake ever measured was 10 meters (33 feet) in length. The heaviest snake, a python, weighed 183 kilograms (403 pounds)."

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  1. Something even more bloated than Python? by pavon · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't believe it :P

  2. First snake on a plane by Kligat · · Score: 4, Funny

    Was it discovered at Amelia Earhart's crash site?

    1. Re:First snake on a plane by GrayCalx · · Score: 3, Funny

      "Well we'd have to be talkin' about one charming motherfuckin' Titanoboa Cerrejonensis."

    2. Re:First snake on a plane by jd · · Score: 2, Funny

      Why bother with wings? The snake can devour it. How many calories are in an apostrophe anyway?

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  3. The record for the world's largest *living* snake by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    continues to be held in my pants.

  4. Derrick by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    But could it patch up wounded soldiers?

  5. I dont know about you. by jellomizer · · Score: 4, Funny

    But if a Snake like that told me to eat the forbidden fruit, I would.

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  6. Re:The record for the world's largest *living* sna by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Aren't you afraid it's going to bite your tiny penis?

  7. Re:The record for the world's largest *living* sna by iMac+Were · · Score: 1, Funny

    I suppose the inside of your ass is, technically speaking, inside your pants. Is that what you meant, sweetie?

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  8. D&D by Dyinobal · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think my level 12 wizard fought this in a D&D campaign, if I recall it failed it's fort save and was disintegrated. Though obviously that didn't happen to this one as disintegration leaves only dust as everyone knows.

  9. Re:Ruby is *much* lighter! by Joe+the+Lesser · · Score: 4, Funny

    And Java covers 126,700 sq km!

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  10. Re:Badger badger badger by Abreu · · Score: 5, Funny

    This creature could have devoured elephants

    Really? I thought it was a hat...

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  11. Re:Ruby is *much* lighter! by jellomizer · · Score: 2, Funny

    How else do you sell more coffee.

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