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Fossil snake said to break length record


Moontanman

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Sci*en*tists have re*cov*ered fos*sils from a 60-mil*lion-year-old South Amer*i*can snake whose length and weight might make to*day’s ana*con*das and re*tic*u*lat*e pythons seem a bit cut*er and more cud*dly.

 

Named Ti*tanoboa cer*re*jo*nen*sis by its dis*cov*er*ers, the size of the snake’s ver*te*brae sug*gest it weighed 1,140 kilo*grams (2,500 pounds) and spanned 13 me*ters (42.7 feet)—at least, U.S. re*search*ers say. The long*est snake spe*cies to*day is the reticu*lated py*thon of South*east Asia, which grows to 10 me*ters.

 

 

Yep, it does do that. :)

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