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Title: A real-world monster
Post by: dutch206 on April 10, 2012, 08:19:36 AM: Titanoboa Cerrejonensis--a snake 48 feet long that weighed over a ton. Can you say Huge Crush attack, anyone?

Titanoboa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanoboa)
Title: Re: A real-world monster
Post by: markc on April 10, 2012, 08:36:44 AM: Is that the snake that they have a copy of in the NT subway?
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Title: Re: A real-world monster
Post by: arakish on April 10, 2012, 12:59:25 PM: Excerpt from the above Wikipedia link:

On March 22, 2012, a full scale model replica of a 48-foot-long, 2,500-pound Titanoboa was displayed in Grand Central Station in New York City. It was a promotion for a TV show on the Smithsonian Channel called "Titanoboa: Monster Snake" which aired April 1, 2012.

Heck of an April Fool's joke...

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Title: Re: A real-world monster
Post by: dutch206 on April 11, 2012, 09:46:18 AM: This snake was so massive that it had to live in the water--it would have suffocated to death on land.
Title: Re: A real-world monster
Post by: providence13 on April 11, 2012, 11:51:46 AM: OK, just watched the special. http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/site/sn/show.do?show=140671#video

Big snakes, huge turtles and even bigger crocs..
Title: Re: A real-world monster
Post by: dutch206 on April 12, 2012, 06:57:00 AM: That turtle was roughly the size of a formal dining table -- 8 feet long. That's more like an armored tank than a turtle.
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Post by: providence13 on April 13, 2012, 12:53:56 AM: Didn't Conan and Subotai kill one of these?
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Post by: bpowell on April 13, 2012, 01:35:17 PM: Snakes! Why did it have to be snakes?!?!
Title: Re: A real-world monster
Post by: dutch206 on April 13, 2012, 03:24:27 PM: @bpowell Have a laugh point!
Title: Re: A real-world monster
Post by: Marc R on April 19, 2012, 11:30:31 PM: "Asps, very dangerous. . . .You go first."