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March 28, 2012 02:50 pm PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/Xdt-4ckr0kY/finding-a-42-foot-long-snake.html
Finding a 42-foot-long snake (fossil)
In 2009, I posted that paleontologists found the fossilized remains of the world's largest snake, a 42-foot-long relative of the boa constrictor. Paleontologists from the University of Toronto dubbed the species Titanoboa cerrejonensis for the Cerrejn region of northern Colombia where they found the remains. The snake snacked on crocodiles. As part of a new [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/Xdt-4ckr0kY/finding-a-42-foot-long-snake.html
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