Fossil vertebrae excavated during a mine dig in western India are the remains of one of the largest snakes that ever existed.

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The green anaconda is the heaviest snake on Earth ... The Komodo dragon is the largest living lizard and a formidable predator. It hunts deer, water buffalo, and even smaller Komodo dragons, using ...

Vasuki indicus, a prehistoric snake fossil discovered in Gujarat ... which is said to have reached a whopping size of 49 feet, is one of the largest discovered, even larger than the fabled ...

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Size: Estimated to be 49 feet (15 meters) long, making it one of the largest snakes ever discovered ... Significance: Highlights the rich prehistoric biodiversity of the Indian subcontinent and ...

The World's Largest Rattlesnake Roundup ... Venom is milked from each snake. The Jaycees say the substance is sent off to research facilities after it is collected. After the snakes are skinned ...

Intrigued, they took a closer look at the animals, tested their DNA and soon realized they’d discovered a new species: Tantilla palamala, or the open-winged centipede snake. Open-winged ...

The evolving cosmos Dark energy and dark matter are two of the universe's most puzzling components. Together they make up roughly 95% of the cosmos, but because they do not interact with light ...