05 February 2009, 04:47
JefffiveA 43 Foot Long Snake Weighing Over a Ton
Hate to run into one of these on a dark night:
quote:
The largest snake the world has ever known -- as long as a school bus and as heavy as a small car -- ruled tropical ecosystems only 6 million years after the demise of the fearsome Tyrannosaurus rex, according to a new discovery published in the journal Nature.
Partial skeletons of a new giant, boa constrictor-like snake named "Titanoboa" found in Colombia by an international team of scientists and now at the University of Florida are estimated to be 42 to 45 feet long, the length of the T-Rex "Sue" displayed at Chicago's Field Museum, said Jonathan Bloch, a UF vertebrate paleontologist who co-led the expedition with Carlos Jaramillo, a paleobotanist from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama.
Link05 February 2009, 15:59
jbI'd hate to see one in the daylight!
15 February 2009, 04:52
buckeyeshootersounds like boots, belt, wallet, vest and jacket from the same snake

17 February 2009, 15:21
DIYASUBMy ex mother in law could kill that thing with a single look and then wear it for an ankle bracelet.
18 April 2009, 15:04
Steve Lathamquote:
Originally posted by buckeyeshooter:
sounds like boots, belt, wallet, vest and jacket from the same snake
Might be enough over for a decent rifle slip!

21 April 2009, 07:51
SGraves155These are big enough--from google images
anacondas
Different snake (python) after eating adult male human
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