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Fossils of largest snake uncovered

The idea of the giant “Anaconda” as the largest snake could be erased off with recent discovery of fossils of the biggest snake. The fossils were uncovered in northeastern Colombia, which snake expert Jack Conrad described as heavier than bison and longer than a city bus. Study has shown that the giant snake stretched 42 to 45 feet long and could have weighed more than 2,500 pounds.

Jason, paleontologist of the Head of the University of Toronto Missisauga, added that the beast could have feed on something the size of a cow. Ancient relatives of crocodiles in its rainforest, 58 million to 60 million years ago, might have been the prey for such giant snake.

This recent has just marked a new record for the maximum length of snake. The previous record holder was Titanoboa that broke the record for snakes by about 11 feet.

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