Largest snake was 'size of bus'

news.bbc ^ | Wednesday, 4 February 2009

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The discovery of fossilised remains belonging to the world's largest snake has been reported in Nature journal. Titanoboa was 13m (42ft) long - about the size of a London bus - and lived in the rainforest of north-east Colombia 58-60 million years ago. The snake was so wide it would have reached up to a person's hips, say researchers, and was estimated to have weighed more than a tonne. Green anacondas - the world's heaviest snakes - reach a mere 250kg (550lbs).

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Ancient fossil find: This snake could eat a cow!
WRALNews.com | February 4, 2009 | MALCOLM RITTER
Posted on 02/04/2009 8:54:31 AM PST by NCDragon
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