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An ancient species of snake which lived about 47 million years ago may have been one of the biggest snakes to have ever lived, research suggests. The newly identified animal, dubbed Vasuki Indicus, ...

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A newly described fossil snake from India is forcing scientists to redraw the record books on reptile gigantism, with some ...

WASHINGTON >> An ancient giant snake in India might have been longer than a school bus and weighed a ton, researchers reported today. Fossils found near a coal mine revealed a snake that stretched an ...

New research suggests an enormous snake may have once called India home. Fossilized vertebrae found near a coal mine in western India indicate that the snake was between 36 feet and 50 feet long. This ...

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From Titanoboa and Vasuki — prehistoric snakes as long as a Tyrannosaurus rex — to modern-day pythons and boa constrictors that can swallow humans whole, these are the biggest, heaviest and longest ...

Researchers in India have discovered a giant extinct snake, measuring up to 50 feet long and believed to be the largest madtsoiid snake ever recorded. The Vasuki indicus specimen dates back 47 million ...