The world's largest snake ever discovered is Titanoboa ( Titanoboa cerrejonensis ) . This giant snake fossils found in the area of Colombia . If still alive estimated can weigh 1.2 tons .Paleontologists believe they have lived about 60 million years ago, in the Paleocene era . If the snake is still there and roam the earth may be the food could have been an adult elephant . The snake is estimated to have a body along 14.6 meters with a weight of 1.13 tons .
Giant snake fossil was found in 2009 in Cerrejon , La Guajira , Colombia by the expedition team from the University of Florida ." The snake that tried to annex Jennifer Lopez in the movie Anaconda is not as big as the snake we found , " said Bloch , the leader of the expedition team :While geologist David Polly estimate the size and weight Titanoboa based on the position of the fossil . " The size was really big snake . However , the research team is still thinking about how much heat is needed to warm the earth by the snake 's body . "Based on the size of the snake , Bloch explains , scientists can calculate the average annual temperature at the equator South America 60 million years ago reached about 33 degrees Celsius , about 10 degrees warmer than today." Tropical ecosystems of Latin America today is much different than 60 million years ago , " said Bloch . "The condition of tropical forests is almost the same as today, but when the temperature is hot and filled with cold-blooded reptiles are bigger . "Most of the current population of snakes found in tropical regions of South America and Southeast Asia . Temperatures in South America and southeast Asia this allows animals grown to a large size .
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