Titanoboa

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🐍Titanoboa🐍

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Remember those giant snakes in the Anaconda movie? When I was a kid, I used to watch these movies and I thought, maybe this is how the real Anacondas are. But not only in movies, but also in the real world, there was once such a giant snake. These giant monsters roamed the earth at that time. Let us introduce you to Titanoboa:

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Suppose we go back to the Paleogenic era, about 60 million years ago, after the extinction of the dinosaurs. Today we stand in front of a huge swamp of what we call South America. A giant crocodile is sunbathing in the distance. Even if it is reduced in length, it must be 15 feet. Suddenly he noticed a subtle movement in the swamp. Before he understood anything, he saw the crocodile now in the grip of a giant snake. No, the monster is not a snake of your nightmares. They existed 60 million years ago, they are the famous Titanboa. The giant crocodile seen a while ago now looks very small in front of the Titanboa. Fidgeting for. Gradually, the crocodile suffocated and fainted. Now it's Titanboar's turn to eat.

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The Titanoboa is about fifty feet long and weighs about a ton. In addition to crocodiles, its diet consisted of large fish and tortoises. The warming of the Paleogene equator is thought to be responsible for its size. This is because as the temperature rises, so does the size of the cold-blooded animals. They are similar to the Boa snakes of the present age. Like the Boa snakes, they were non-venomous, twisting and suffocating their prey. It is thought that they had to spend most of their time in the water to keep the giant body temperature right. They were also good at hunting under water.

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Their fossils were first discovered in a coal mine in Colombia in 2009. The fossils of various crocodiles and tortoises were also recovered from the mine. Later, many more bones, including snake skulls, were found. According to scientists, the discovery of the Tirex fossil in 1905 was the best fossil discovery of the era. How the Titanoboa became extinct on Earth is still a mystery. Some people think that the extinction of these snakes started as the temperature of the earth started decreasing. Relatively small snakes can be seen. At present, in this age of global warming, the temperature of the earth is constantly rising. And with that comes the possibility of seeing giant reptiles. Who knows, maybe in the near future this Titanoboar will be seen again on Earth. It may not be a happy thing for the people of the world.

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At a Glance Titanoboy Classification:

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Reptilia

Order: Squamata

Suborder: Serpentes

Family: Boidae

Genus: Titanoboa

Species: T. cerrejonensis

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References: wikipedia

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