18-04-2024 18:46 via theguardian.com

Fossil of ‘largest snake to have ever existed’ found in western India

Scientists estimate Vasuki indicus was up to 15 metres long, weighing a tonneFossil vertebrae unearthed in a mine in western India are the remains of one of the largest snakes that ever lived, a monster estimated at up to 15 metres in length – longer than a T rex.Scientists have recovered 27 vertebrae from the snake, including a few still in the same position as they would have been when the reptile was alive. They said the snake, which they named Vasuki indicus, would have looked like a l
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