Comments on: Snake Longer Than School Bus Discovered!

By: Know it all

Know it all — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:53:03 +0000

Looks as if the “Naysayers” have been debunked…

The issue was never the length to width ratio, as there exist numerous land snakes with much longer length to width ratios than most of the large tropical constrictors,
but the cross-sectional mass effect on the skeletal, musculature and organ structure, particularly problematic for the skeptics of a land crawling snake upon its exit from the water.

The reports of 40 to 130 foot snakes from horse eating black boas, outsize anaconda subspecies to giant mottled amazonian snakes generally show a length to width ratio exceeding catalouged species (Dinsdales – The Leviathans; Col. Fawcett’s 62 foot “Ananconda” only 12″ in diameter).

Nearly all of the certain snake descriptions never exceed 30″ or 36″ in maximum diameter, even for reports exceeding 100′ in length with most reports being of aquatic shore line ambushers per crocodilian behaviour.

This fossil discovery of up to 1 meter (40″) in diameter and 50′ lengths elevates the contemporary reports to a greater level of veracity.

By: CryptidHuntr

CryptidHuntr — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 22:50:26 +0000

glad its finally been proven.one less mystery in this screwed-up world where the government hides stuff from the public.

By: cypto-info

cypto-info — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:38:14 +0000

I’ve heard of a giant snakelike creature moving up from S. America and into N.America.

Cool story!!! times alot.

By: springheeledjack

springheeledjack — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:40:26 +0000

Well, now that we have proof that a snake can grow that large…even a prehistoric cousin, that opens the door…

The real point of this find is that there are still plenty of creatures out there that we know nothing about…we keep discovering new animals and new fossils every day. That’s why being open minded about reports of giant snakes, Nessie, BF and so on is important. Nobody here on Cryptomundo is saying they have all the answers, but the fact is, there is still plenty of room in the world to hide critters, especially big ones!

Woo-hoo…Titanboa is cooooool!

By: Devonian

Devonian — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 00:53:27 +0000

“I wonder what the physiologic limits are for snakes?”
I’d imagine Titanoboa either is that limit, or damn close to it (like the azdharchid pterosaurs for flying animals).

By: shumway10973

shumway10973 — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:51:08 +0000

there is something (or was 40 years ago) in the major water ways of the Amazon forests that is big enough to swallow a human whole, but doesn’t like us once we are down. I heard about this from a missionary to the natives down there. He was wondering why they always walked around a particular area of the river (he said the area was a better walk than the route they were taking). The answer was always sounding mysterious and one word (sorry, I was quite young when he said it–I don’t remember). Then he saw the reason up close, not the animal, but what it does. They found a full grown man (at least 5 feet or more) lying on the sand at the edge of the river covered in slime. He was dead. According to the chief this person had been eaten by this creature. Something about our body’s chemistry makes this creature ill, so it regurgitates the person. How big does a snake have to be to swallow a grown man whole?

By: WIDOW

WIDOW — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 03:54:30 +0000

drjon- The giant snake photo that Remy Van Lierde took always intrigued me as a kid. It is great to see these giant snake fossils found because it does give hope that that photo from 1959 was real. Many many hours I spent as a kid checking out Crypto books from my school library as well as the public library. Not much has changed!

By: red_pill_junkie

red_pill_junkie — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 03:12:30 +0000

A whole year without eating! Wow! Thanks for the response, Alligator

By: Alligator

Alligator — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 00:47:37 +0000

You are welcome planettom.

“red_pill_junkie responds: February 5th, 2009 at 2:38 am

It definitely makes you wonder…

Also, how fast would an animal that size would be? How often would it have to eat?”

When pythons and boas take really LARGE prey , they are good for nearly a year. Ball pythons in Africa have gone as long as 22 months without eating. (That is assuming they were healthy and had good body weight before their “fast”) Today there are crocodiles in South America in the 20 ft range. In the late Cretaceous to early Pleistocene there were some species in the 30 – 40 foot range. A snake like this could scarf one down and be good for a full year or longer.

By: drjon

drjon — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:32:24 +0000

@WIDOW I'd not heard about the Van Lierde photo before, but a quick google reveals the story and the photo. If it's the size Van Lierde was reporting, there's a good chance it's related to Titanoboa. (Oh, and if nobody's seen it yet: Equally Large Boa! is very funny.)