Titanoboa Cerrejonensis

Titanoboa’s mostly ate crocodile’s

We all know that the present largest snake in the world is Anaconda. But it’s the time for us to get back into ancient period. Million years ago, after the asteroid fell and it killed many dinosaurs and many more species around 75% species got extinct for that asteroid. Mostly mammals and reptiles survived from that impact. Nearly 50–60 million years ago after the extinction of the dinosaurs. The South America was shaken by the largest predator snake that has ever slithered the earth. At the dinosaurs time the weather was cold later the temperature increased after the asteroid came. This made the Titanoboa’s not only largest snake in history, but also the largest living vertebrate following the demise of the dinosaurs. People found the fossils of Titanoboa and they estimated that it could grow up to around 13metres (45 feet) long and reach weight of 1135kg (2500 pounds). The giant snake’s primary food source was crocodile’s, fishes and turtle’s.

Many of you guys would get a doubt how did they become so large and giant??

Because after that asteroid fell the earth’s temperature increased. This made Titanoboa’s to grow very large.

Many of you guys would get another doubt now will they come again??

Let’s think in that way for that the earth’s temperature should be high then there’s a possibility that the Titanoboa’s or something like it could make a comeback. But it wouldn’t happen quickly. It could take a million years ago. It needs the hot, humid tropics. If it comes then it would live in South America mostly. Because equator regions would be favourable to them.

Titanoboa’s were almost 30 times as heavy as the present Anaconda’s. It killed by wrapping itself tightly around it’s prey and squeezed until it’s prey suffocated. This technique of snakes to kill it’s prey is called Asphyxiation.

Many of you guys would get another doubt also how did such powerful animal become extinct??

This time it’s not asteroids but the rapid drop of temperature made the metabolic processes of Titanoboa’s difficult.

Lucky us because they are no Titanoboa’s here with us.

By N Sandeep.