Researchers have recently reported the discovery of an ancient giant snake fossil in India that could have been longer than a school bus and weighed up to a ton. Fossils found near a coal mine in western India revealed a massive snake estimated to be between 36 to 50 feet in length, making it comparable to the largest known snake that once lived in Colombia.
The newly discovered behemoth, named Vasuki indicus, lived approximately 47 million years ago in the swampy evergreen forests of western India. Researchers estimate that this giant snake could have weighed up to 2,200 pounds and was a slow-moving ambush predator that subdued its prey through constriction.
