Imagine a snake longer than a shipping container — longer than a T-Rex — slithering through a swamp, hunting crocodiles. It’s the biggest snake that ever lived, researchers think, after unearthing its remains from a strip mine in India. Vasuki indicus is named after the Hindu snake god that Shiva wore as a necklace. Based […]
Tag: TRex
Giant prehistoric snake longer than a T-Rex found in India
A giant prehistoric snake that was longer than a Tyrannosaurus rex has been unearthed in an Indian mine. The fossil vertebrae have been proven to be the remains of one of the largest snakes that ever lived, a monster estimated at up to 15 metres (49 feet) in length that prowled the swamps of what […]