Biggest Snake The World Has Known 2 4 2009 Photos

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Stunned scientists have found the fossilised remains of the biggest snake ever known - a record-busting serpent as long as a bus.
Remnants of the boa-like behemoth were found at the site of an ancient South American rainforest.

The snake would have ruled the tropical area some 60 million years ago, at a time when the world was far hotter than now.

Measuring 43ft, Titanoboa cerrejonensis weighed as much as a small car and had a body more than a yard thick.

It matched the tyrannosaurus rex in length, and a duel between the two would be a scene straight out of the movies.

But, in fact, the dinosaur king became extinct five million years before Titanoboa made its appearance on Earth.

Palaeontologist Dr Jonathan Bloch, who co-led the expedition, said: "Truly enormous snakes really spark people's imagination, but reality has exceeded the fantasies of Hollywood.

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