Ancient mangoes weigh more than a ton of crocodile meat
The huge size and weight of the ancient Titanoboa snake makes it easy to squeeze crocodiles to eat meat.
The full-size version of the giant snake with a scientific name is on display at the Life Science Museum Monte L. Bean at Brigham Young University, Utah, USA, Washington Post on January 6.
Reconstructing a battle between Titanoboa and T-Rex tyrant dinosaur.(Video: Smithsonian Channel).
Titanoboa is 14.6 meters long, lives in the jungle 60 million years ago and specializes in hunting crocodiles to eat meat. This animal does not kill with fangs or venom, but uses extremely strong muscles on the body that weigh more than one ton to kill its prey.
Researchers found Titanoboa's fossil at a coal mine in Colombia, which kept many traces of animals living in the hot and humid tropical rainforest that covered the Earth during the Old Earth, period Dinosaurs began to become extinct.
The true size model of Titanoboa is swallowing a crocodile.(Photo: Smithsonia).
Titanoboa is really big with a body longer than a bus. According to scientists, if confronted directly, Titanoboa's " hardy " can hardly win against the T-Rex tyrant dinosaur, but if suddenly ambushed, this ancient snake could kill even the giants. the most aggressive.
The real-size version of this ancient monster, borrowed from the Museum of Monte L. Bean from the Smithsonia Institute, serves the "Titanoboa Snake Monster" exhibition .
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