Fossil of 13-metre super snake Titanoboa found in Colombia


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It may look like a little worm, but a newly discovered creature has earned a spot in the record books: It is the smallest species of snake known on Earth. Blair Hedges of Pennsylvania State University in University Park found the tiny serpent on the Caribbean island of Barbados.

Snakes of the new species average just 100 millimeters long. That’s a ( Read more... )