Trailboss - do not open this thread!

[jerp]

Apparently they've found the fossilized remains of a snake in Columbia that was 42 feet long, weighed 2,500 lbs and was around waist-high at it's thickest point. They saw it could eat animals as large as a cow!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7868588.stm

[scotth89]

58-60 million years ago??? These scientists never cease to amaze me.

[kfd82]

58-60 million years ago??? These scientists never cease to amaze me.

??? We missing something?
Are you saying you dont believe them, or you are amazed that they can date something that old.

[Green Arrow]

Interesting.
Thats a big snake to be about 3 feet tall.

[pop49]

Just glad it is not still here????? I hope

[Texastaxi]

So, they figured out the size, weight, length, girth, climate, and who was president from ONE vertebrae?

[txsteele]

So, they figured out the size, weight, length, girth, climate, and who was president from ONE vertebrae?

Yea man!! They connect the dots real well

[Sully]

So, they figured out the size, weight, length, girth, climate, and who was president from ONE vertebrae?

That doesn't seem like much of a stretch. If you studied todays snakes and learned the relationship between vertebral size and how it related to the snakes size, there is no reason why you couldn't make rough estimation using a vertebrae from a snake that died long ago. They might be off a little but I bet they are close.

[trailboss]

Many thanks to my ancestor, Uncle Ugboss for killing out the species!

Trailboss

[jerp]

Many thanks to my ancestor, Uncle Ugboss for killing out the species! Trailboss

I was going to try to photoshop your head onto a cave man and drop it in the picture with the snake but that's way above my skill level

[Terry]

I am with Trailboss, and also wish to thank his ancestral Uncle.


Terry

[Widow Maker]

Hope I never find one like that!

[Blood Trail]

??? We missing something?
Are you saying you dont believe them, or you are amazed that they can date something that old.

I'm saying I don't believe them. How accurate can those carbon dating test be? It seems to me that you would have to have a known 60 million y/o standard to compare it to. But since that's not possible....

TO human is to Err....

[holdem]

Wonder what that sounded like rattling ???

[rberg]

Maybe it was one of the last vertebrae.
Then the snake was 60' long, 500# and 6' high.

At least You didn't worry about accidentally stepping on one in the dark.