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Scientists Found a Snake Bigger Than Titanoboa.

Everyone knows Titanoboa — the biggest snake that ever lived. Forty-two feet long. Over a ton of muscle. But in April 2024, scientists in India announced something that might change everything. A snake called Vasuki indicus. Potentially fifty feet long. And almost nobody heard about it.This is the story of two prehistoric giants — and the question of which one was really the biggest snake to ever live. ■ SOURCES & REFERENCES Vasuki indicus Discovery: • Datta, D. & Bajpai, S. (2024). "Largest known madtsoiid snake from warm Eocene period of India suggests intercontinental Gondwana dispersal." Scientific Reports 14, 8054. Titanoboa Research: • Head, J.J. et al. (2009). "Giant boid snake from the Paleocene neotropics reveals hotter past equatorial temperatures." Nature 457, 715–717. • Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute - Cerrejón Formation Studies Snake Evolution & Madtsoiidae: • Wilson, J.A. et al. (2010). "Predation upon Hatchling Dinosaurs by a New Snake from the Late Cretaceous of India." PLoS Biology. Paleoclimate: • Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum Studies - NOAA Paleoclimatology ■TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Intro 0:51 - The Snake Everyone Knows (Titanoboa) 3:44 - The Discovery in India 6:14 - Why No One Is Talking About It 8:20 - Two Different Worlds 10:56 - Why Giant Snakes Existed 13:46- What Happened to Them 15:52- What Else Is Out There? 17:26 - Outro ■ VISUALS NOTE Some visuals in this video are AI-generated artistic interpretations based on scientific research and fossil evidence. ■ Subscribe for more deep dives into biology's strangest mysteries. #Titanoboa #VasukiIndicus #GiantSnakes #Prehistoric #Evolution