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Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Titanoboa cerrejonensis


Titanoboa or Titanoboa cerrejonensis was a giant snake related to boa constrictors and anacondas and could grow to 49 feet long and weighed up to 2500 pounds. It had a width of 60-70 centimeters. It lived in the lowlands of northern Colombia. It was the top predator of its time eating everything from turtles to crocodiles. Titanoboa lived from 60 million years to 58 million years ago and went extinct because of changing climates.

4 comments:

Lea said...

good post

jima said...

How big do boa constrictors get, close to the size of titanaboa?

Unknown said...

boa constricters can get 13 feet

Drew said...

Cool