These reptiles or snake are believed to have slithered around the Earth from 58 million to 60 million years ago(THE WORLD’S LARGEST 60-FOOT SNAKE FOUND ALIVE IN MEXICO(ALONG WITH VIDEO)-BELIEVE IT OR NOT) Scientists used the mathematical relationship between the size of vertebrae and its length of the body in living snakes to determine the ancient snake’s mass. The fossilized remains of this 42 foot long and 2,500 pound monster were unearthed in Colombia some years back. Medusa, a captive reticulated python in Kansas City, Mo., earns her keep as part of a haunted-house exhibit.īut neither the sprawling python nor the giant anaconda can hold a candle to their prehistoric predecessor, Titanoboa cerrejonensis. Despite their unpredictability, pythons are popular pets for exotic snake owners. Put your hands together for Eunectes murinus, aka the biggest snake in the world, the green anaconda.Unlike anacondas, these snakes bite their prey and swallow it whole, after squeezing it to death - slowly. Some catch live bats on the fly some play dead a few of them even glide down from treetops like skinny parachuters.Īnd in our post- Titanoboa world, the reigning heavyweight champion, the bulkiest living snake, is another South American river giant. Today, you and I share this planet with more than 3,000 recognized snake species.
That would make it the largest known snake of all time.īut needless to say, a lot of things have changed over the past 58 million years. Judging by the available remains, it seems Titanoboa could have probably weighed over 1.25 tons (over 1.13 metric tons) and surpassed 42 feet (12.8 meters) in length.
They paint a striking image of the long-extinct creature. Although nobody's ever found a complete skeleton, paleontologists have an assortment of Titanoboa fossils to go on, including ribs, backbones and pieces of skull. What we do know is that Titanoboa was absolutely, positively gigantic.
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