There was at least one silly movie made several years back about a giant snake that lived in the "remotest jungle in the world."  Who knew that such a thing was possible, that there was such a thing as a snake big as a school bus?

Of course, this was quite a few million years back.  Between 58 and 60 million years ago according to the LA times article I read today.   I imagine we would barely have registered as a snack on the "Titanboa" scale.  But still...glad to know they're extinct.

Scientists believe the reason Titanboa failed to make the evolutionary grade is that the snake simply was too big.  So as the earth's weather changed, the giant boa could no longer survive.

A cautionary tale for us perhaps.  But certainly not a reason to rent Anaconda...I don't care how many movies you can get on Netflix.

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