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  • 02-04-2009, 01:20 PM
    scutechute
    Ancient snake was as long as a bus
    From MSNBC.COM
    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29014818/


    Excerpt:

    Fossils of the extinct snake species, now called Titanoboa cerrejonensis, were discovered in the Cerrejon Coal Mine in northern Colombia.

    From the fossilized vertebrae, the researchers conservatively estimate the snake weighed about 2,500 pounds and measured nearly 43 feet nose to tail tip.



    Handling would clearly have been a two-person job :rofl:
  • 02-04-2009, 01:22 PM
    _Venom_
    Re: Ancient snake was as long as a bus
    Wow, I couldn't believe it till I saw this picture.

    The small vertebrate bone is from an Anaconda!!!


    http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/j/MSNBC/C...pare.small.jpg
  • 02-04-2009, 01:31 PM
    STORMS
    Re: Ancient snake was as long as a bus
    Very cool :cool:

    Thanks for sharing :D
  • 02-04-2009, 02:30 PM
    azpythons
    Re: Ancient snake was as long as a bus
    hooollly schammoolllly can u imagine if there was a piebald that big...thatd be pretty dope
  • 02-04-2009, 02:33 PM
    Texas Dan
    Re: Ancient snake was as long as a bus
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by azpythons View Post
    hooollly schammoolllly can u imagine if there was a piebald that big...thatd be pretty dope

    Fairly expensive I would imagine too.
  • 02-04-2009, 03:05 PM
    nixer
    Re: Ancient snake was as long as a bus
    geez could you imagine the size of the cage!
    how about feeding it you would have to have a hog farm surely!
    i think for a snake this big you would surely need atleast 5 ppl around.
  • 02-04-2009, 03:10 PM
    azpythons
    Re: Ancient snake was as long as a bus
    Thats the understatement of a lifetime.......... i think this snake would laugh at 5 people, i say 50!
    well maybe 20 or so

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by nixer View Post
    i think for a snake this big you would surely need atleast 5 ppl around.

  • 02-04-2009, 03:39 PM
    disabled.101
    Re: Ancient snake was as long as a bus
    Damn you beat me to it. Here is my link :D
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7868588.stm
  • 02-04-2009, 03:47 PM
    xdeus
    Re: Ancient snake was as long as a bus
    "At its greatest width, the snake would have come up to about your hips. The size is pretty amazing," said co-author P David Polly :O
  • 02-04-2009, 03:55 PM
    southb
    Re: Ancient snake was as long as a bus
    I've already order a pair of albino hets from Jurassic Park Breeders Inc lol
    :rofl:
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