Goosebumps even considering its length and weight, it was as if it had stepped out of a fantasy movie universe. In his time, he was the nightmare of all other living things. It could kill its prey with a single move.
The region where this giant snake was found was the place where the first banana on our planet sprouted. Scientists doing research there made very interesting discoveries about the region and Titanoboa.
It all started when a student visiting the huge coal mine in Cerrejón, Colombia, found a fossilized leaf in 2002.
The fossil leaf the student found was intriguing, a sign that the area was once home to a sprawling forest. Further investigation showed that the fossil belonged to the Paleocene period.
As research in the area increased, other extraordinary fossils emerged. Giant turtles, crocodiles, the first banana to sprout on planet Earth, avocado…
During the research, another historical fossil was found.
There was also a huge animal vertebra, too large to belong to any previously registered forest snake. Theories for the huge animal vertebra found at the site were that the snake to which the vertebra belonged was caught in a mudslide that buried it.
The fantastic snake was at the top of the food chain.
The giant snake Titanoboa grew up in the tropical forests of South America. The death of the dinosaurs left a gap at the top of the food chain, and Titanoboa happily bridged that gap.
This legendary snake was even twice as heavy as a polar bear. The thickest part of its body was about 1 meter wide. Just dreaming is enough to shudder…
He could eat anything he wanted, but he mostly ate on the same kind of creature.
Being so large and heavy, it probably spent most of its life in the rivers of its habitat. As in whales or sharks; the water held his 2-ton body aloft.
He could most likely hold his breath underwater for up to an hour. By speculation, this epic reptile could eat anything, but was mostly prey on fish.
colossal creature; it blended wonderfully with the warm, humid forest. brown skin; it camouflaged it perfectly as it slid off the muddy waters.
Some scientists doing research on Titanoboa; It thinks it killed its prey by squeezing and strangling it, while others claim it was behaving like an anaconda ambushing unaware animals.
Even among the gigantic creatures of the ancient rainforest, the king was Titanoboa. It was the best predator of its time. He was like the T-Rex of the dinosaur era.
Such a dominance aroused the question in mind: Why was it extinct?
Scientists aren’t entirely sure, but they believe climate change has something to do with it. Titanoboa’s staggering size was the result of its warm climate. Plant fossils found in the area suggest that the temperature of the forest habitat averages 90 degrees humid and could be warmer.
Ectothermic animals like the titanoboa get their energy from heat. If the weather is cold, they are weak and sluggish. Also, rainforests dominated by Titanoboa gradually gave way to grasslands. All this paved the way for the emergence and eventual domination of smaller reptiles.
Scientists are still debating this theory because if it were true, lizards would have grown in size in the warmest forests today.
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