The world's largest snake (Titanoboa)

Some scientists in Colombia have found fossils of a prehistoric monster believed to be the world's largest snake that ever lived on earth. The snake, named Titanoboa cerrejonensis was estimated to weigh over 1 ton and up to nearly 14 feet long.

The world's largest snake 0855525p (Titanoboa)

Some scientists believe this snake lived on earth some 58 million to 60 million years ago. Geologist David Polly, who estimated the size and weight of Titanoboa fossil based position.

"The size of the snake was quite big. However, the research team is still thinking about how much heat is required to warm the earth snakes of that size. "

Titanoboa fossil was discovered by a team of international scientists in a coal mine in the tropics Cerrejon, Colombia. "Snakes are very big this really invites the imagination, but the fact that there has been exceeded in Hollywood fantasy though," said paleontologist Jonathan Bloch, who is also involved in the expedition.

"The snake that tried to annex Jennifer Lopez in the movie Anaconda is not as big snake that we found," said Bloch. Based on the size of the snake, Bloch explains, scientists can calculate the average annual temperature at the equator in South America 60 million years ago to around 33 degrees Celsius, about 10 degrees warmer than today.

"Tropical ecosystems of Latin America today is much different than 60 million years ago," said Bloch. "The condition of tropical forests is almost the same as today, but the temperature is hotter then and filled with cold-blooded reptiles is greater."

According to Nature.com, snakes are poikilotherms animal species (cold blooded), which requires the heat of their neighborhood creeps to raise metabolism. Therefore, scientists estimate that the giant snake living in the tropical ecosystems of South America with temperatures was not under 30 to 34 degrees centigrade.

Most of the current population of snakes found in tropical South America and Southeast Asia. Temperatures in South America and southeast Asia enables the animal to grow until reaching a large size.

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