Analysis of the jaw bones show that Titanoboa could crush its prey with a jaw force of 400 pounds per square inch. (Modern estimates of the bite of an
Additionally, as it turns out, Titanoboa also had considerably thick skin, described as "damn near bulletproof". As such, whenever the snake was shot at, it barely flinched. Titanoboa also possessed enhanced night vision, allowing it to see in the darkest places.
Megalodon would win a fight against Titanoboa.
The monster snake is a one-trick pony, and that trick isn't any good against a massive shark. Even if it managed to wrap about the shark, it's much too small to kill it. Megalodon was about 9 feet across and weighed 100,000lbs.
Titanoboa was believed to have squeezed prey with 400 pounds per square inch of pressure, enough to kill the 20-foot-long crocodiles that existed at the time.
King snakes are native to North America and have evolved into the strongest constrictors in the world, with the ability to exert 180 mm Hg of pressure. That's about 60 mm Hg higher than the healthy blood pressure of a human being. With such force, king snakes aren't taking their victims' breath away.
The carpet viper, also called the saw-scaled viper, is one of the most aggressive snakes on the planet while also packing a venomous punch. This snake is so aggressive that it's responsible for the most human deaths, while only 10 percent of untreated victims die.
The super snake's kryptonite was natural climate change. In this case, it was probably shifting tectonics that disrupted ocean currents and lowered temperatures. Warm-blooded animals that could handle the cooler, drier conditions were now kings and queens of the jungle.
It may well have been aquatic and hunted similar prey, like crocodiles. Indeed, other fossils from the Cerrejon pit include early relatives of fishes, turtles and crocodiles – all suitable prey for Titanoboa. The giant snake's measurements even tell us something about the climate of this ancient world.
Fossils of Titanoboa cerrjonensis were found in a coal mine in northern Colombia in tropical South America. The age of the rocks that they were found in is about 58 million years old and what was really exciting about the coal mine initially was that it preserved the ancient remnants of a rainforest.
Titanoboa died out around 58 to 60 million years ago, so its dominance was fairly brief in geological terms. Scientists aren't quite sure, but they believe that climate change had something to do with it. The climate started to cool, and the enormous snake and other large reptiles couldn't maintain their metabolism.
The Titanoboa kills by constriction, and would have to get itself wrapped around the mighty dinosaur, while avoiding its jaws, to have a hope in hell.
the t-rex it's significantly heavier than the titanoboa weighing in at 14 000 kilograms its stubby arms are virtually useless in combat. but don't count the t-rex out just yet its massive jaw contains serrated teeth that can slice up virtually. anything if the titanaboa. gets caught in the t-rex's bite.
Titanoboa, (Titanoboa cerrejonensis), extinct snake that lived during the Paleocene Epoch (66 million to 56 million years ago), considered to be the largest known member of the suborder Serpentes. Titanoboa is known from several fossils that have been dated to 58 million to 60 million years ago.
As the Earth's temperatures rise, there's a possibility the Titanoboa - or something like it - could make a comeback. But scientist Dr Carlos Jaramillo points out that it wouldn't happen quickly: "It takes geological time to develop a new species. It could take a million years - but perhaps they will!"
With that much length came a lot of weight. Titanoboas probably weighed a hefty 2,500 lbs on average. Within their robust body were over 250 vertebrae, along with an uber-flexible jaw and recurved teeth (curved backward). The design of the Titanoboa's teeth worked much like the majority of its snake relatives.
The world's largest vertebrate on earth for 10 million years, Titanoboa weighed 1.25 tons – about the weight of a small car.
1. Eophis Underwoodi. The Eophis underwoodi is the oldest known snake, according to many experts. This small four-legged snake lived during the Bathonian stage of the Middle Jurassic 167 million years ago.
The Titanoboa is so much longer and thicker than the anaconda, making it a much more dangerous creature. Although we have fossil records of this animal, many questions exist such as this creature's preferred environment, whether it could lift a section of its body off the ground to strike, and what it ate.
It took about two years to figure out that [the fossils were] a snake and collect enough material to be sure about it. Jason Bourque, a student at the University of Florida, was the first one that realized it was a snake; we had thought it was a crocodile because of its size.
Australian Brown Snake
Its venom is reputed to be the second most toxic in the world. They cause the most snakebite deaths in Australia - 1/14,000 of an ounce of this venom is enough to kill a person.
Their most remarkable type of prey, however, is other snakes! California Kingsnakes are “kings” because they hunt and devour various snake species, including other kingsnakes and even rattlesnakes – they are immune to rattlesnake venom!
The effects of the venom would take too long to incapacitate the anaconda, giving the constrictor more than enough time to finish the king cobra. This would be a short-term victory, though. The king cobra's venom will get the anaconda eventually.