The Bus-Sized Snake

Scientists working in Colombia have discovered the fossilized remains of a snake that was 43 feet long and weighed nearly a ton. If you were standing next to it, it would come up to your hip.

The fossil, known as Titanboa, dates back 60 million years. Researchers speculate that the snake lived in a tropical rainforest. It was discovered in an open-pit coalmine, one of the largest in the world.

(Source: Agence France-Presse)

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