As reported by Ancient Origins, Titanoboa itself today’s largest snake, the anaconda, is still much bigger than Titanoboa. The thickest part of Titanoboa’s body is estimated to have a diameter of 3 feet or 0.9 meters, although scientists admit it is difficult to find intact Titanoboa fossils to determine its size. READ ALSO – Had Appeared in the Baleh River, the Giant Snake Nabau Sacred by the Dayak Tribe
According to estimates made by paleontologists, Titanoboa could grow to a length of 12 to 15 meters, and a weight of up to 1,144 kilograms. While the body of the Anaconda is only 6 meters long and weighs 227 kilograms.
Parts of body Titanoboa the thickest, estimated to have a diameter of nearly one meter. This snake can grow up to 15 meters, and its weight can reach a thousand kilograms.
Titanoboa’s body is the thickest, estimated to have a diameter of nearly one meter. This snake can grow up to 15 meters, and its weight can reach a thousand kilograms.
Titanoboa means ‘titanic boa’ and is an apt name for this prehistoric snake. Titanoboa definitely a giant compared to the Anaconda, the largest snake we have today.
The discovery of the Titanoboa fossil was made at Cerrejón, a coal mine in northern Colombia during the first decades of the 21st century.
It all started in 1994, when the Colombian geologist Henry Garcia discovered an alien fossil that was labeled as ‘Petrified Branch’. Then he placed the fossil in the storefront of a coal company.
In 2003, an expedition to search for plant fossils was held in Cerrejón. One of the researchers who joined the expedition was named Scott Wing. He is a curator of plant fossils at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History.
Scientists say snake skulls are almost never found because they are very fragile and usually have been crushed. It is almost impossible to make a complete and accurate picture of this giant, extinct snake.
Experts have finally managed to uncover not just one, but also fragments of three skulls. This allows them to know what it’s like for the first time the appearance of this ancient giant .
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