PBS Eons: How a Hot Planet Created the World’s Biggest Snake

 

The new PBS Eons episode is about titanoboa and the world it lived in.  Check it out!

About 59 million years ago, the largest animal lurking in the ancient forests of Colombia by far was Titanoboa – the largest snake ever known. It’s only been in the past few years that we’ve put together the many pieces of this puzzling creature, but it turns out that the greatest snake that the world ever saw was made possible by a warming planet.

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