Prehistoric 'monster snake' remains found.

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/02/05/giant.snake.colombia/

(CNN) -- Scientists in Colombia have unearthed the remains of a true prehistoric monster believed to be the biggest snake ever to have lived on Earth.
An artist's impression of what Titanboa cerrejonensis would have looked like.

Named Titanoboa cerrejonensis, the snake would have weighed 1,140 kilograms (2,500 pounds) and measured 13 meters (42.7 feet) nose to tail tip -- dwarfing the largest modern pythons and anacondas which can grow to 6 meters (19.5 feet).

Scientists believe it slithered around the planet between 58 and 60 million years ago.

Geologist David Polly, who identified the position of the fossil vertebrae which made a size estimate possible, said in a statement Wednesday: "At its greatest width, the snake would have come up to about your hips. The size is pretty amazing.

"But our team went a step further and asked, how warm would the Earth have to be to support a body of this size?"

Titanoboa's fossilized remains were discovered at a coal mine in the tropical Cerrejon region of northern Colombia by an international team of scientists.

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Call Samuel L Jackson.;)

I saw a thread yesterday about a 45-foot long snake, but it didn't say that it was prehistoric, so I figured it was slithering around somewhere and so I was afraid to click on the thread!

Headlines = important!

I hate SNAKES!

But all I see is a big stinking steaming pile of shit.

or are you just happy to see me? :D