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THE LARGEST SNAKE THAT EVER LIVED

TITANOBOA


When you look at this snake, You wonder if this thing could swallow a dinasour. The T-rex was even afraid to even breath the same air.

Well, This animal is called a Titanoboa, A very exctinct genus of very large snakes.that lived in what is now La Guajira in northeastern Colombia. They could grow up to 12.8 m (42 ft), perhaps even 14.3 m (47 ft) long and reach a weight of 1,135 kg (2,500 lb).Wow this snake could eat humans as appetizers.

This snake lived during the Middle to Paleoene epoch, around 60 to 58 million years ago following the extinction of the Dinosaurs. Well, For me I am really happy that this giant of a snake is now extinct.

Although originally thought to be an apex predator, the discovery of skull bones revealed that it was more than likely specialized in preying on fish also known as a piscivore. Whew!, so if i ever saw one i won't be on top of the food chain that is nice to know. 

The only known species is Titanoboa cerrejonensis, the largest snake ever discovered,which supplanted the previous record holder, Gigantophis garstini. Are this guys looking for who is more terrifying. 

In 2009, the fossils of 30 individuals of T. cerrejonensis were found in the Cerrejón Formation of the coal mines of Cerrejón in La Guajira, Colombia. These specimens consist of the holotype, a large precloacal vertebrae, the paratype, also a vertebrae, and 184 additional remains identified as additional vertebrae and ribs (some of which found in articulation), amounting to a total of 28 specimens in addition to the holotype and paratype. Before this discovery, few fossils of Paleocene-epoch vertebrates had been found in ancient tropical environments of South America. The snake was discovered on an expedition by a team of international scientists led by Jonathan Bloch, a University of Florida vertebrate paleontologist, and Carlos Jaramillo, a paleobotanist from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama.Field work continued following these initial discoveries, recovering multiple additional specimens including three skulls with associated postcranial bones

The scientific name combines the Greek word "Titan" with Boa, the type genus of the family Boidae. The species name on the other hand is a reference to the Cerrejón region.




Diet

So what did this beast eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner. So firstly we established that this great beast is a canivore, it will be nice to know that it started out as vegetarian. So its daily meal is fishes and a rare species of crocodiles called Ancient Cerrejon Formation.

Thank for reading but if you want to know more please you ca n go to wikipedia.com

Thank You.

P.S: The Life of a Ninja Chapter 1 is coming out soon and new chapters of the Unfortunate One will come out soon.

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