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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. 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?

  2. 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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