What was/is the longest and biggest known snake to ever live on earth?

rosmarinus44

Fossil hunters working in an open-pit coal mine in Colombia have unearthed the remains of several giant prehistoric snakes, thought to be the largest ever to have slithered on earth. http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/feb/04/snake-giant-fossil-titanoboa The boa constrictor-like beasts, aptly named Titanoboas, weighed more than one and a quarter tonnes and measured at least 13m long from nose to tip. At their widest, the snakes would have come up to the waist of an adult human. Feb 05 09, 1:20 AM

zbeckabee

February 4, 2009 -- New York (AP) - Never mind the 40-foot snake that menaced Jennifer Lopez in the 1997 movie "Anaconda." Not even Hollywood could match a new discovery from the ancient world. Fossils from northeastern Colombia reveal the biggest snake ever discovered: a behemoth that stretched 42 to 45 feet long, reaching more than 2,500 pounds. "This thing weighs more than a bison and is longer than a city bus," enthused snake expert Jack Conrad of the American Museum of Natural History in New York, who was familiar with the find. "It could easily eat something the size of a cow. A human would just be toast immediately." http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=43027 Feb 05 09, 5:17 AM