TITANOBOA!

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TITANOBOA!

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Article in April's Smithsonian magazine about the largest snake fossil ever found. I know it's a perfectly valid scientific name, but couldn't they have picked one that didn't sound like a bad SyFy movie?
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Very cool :)

Speaking of silly names, have you heard of Montypythonoides? :) Another extinct snake genus.
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Heh you guys have a Smithsonian Channel? Wow thats neat.
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cowmuflage wrote:Heh you guys have a Smithsonian Channel? Wow thats neat.
Do we? *gives link a closer look* Guess there is one. I don't watch much tv, just have a subscription to the magazine.
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It's bound to be better than the shit fest they call Animal planet here. XD It's all animal cop shows or animal shows where they give the animals human feelings etc. :s Discovery and National Geographic have better wildlife shows. XD (atleast the versions we get here)
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cowmuflage wrote:It's bound to be better than the shit fest they call Animal planet here. XD It's all animal cop shows or animal shows where they give the animals human feelings etc. :s Discovery and National Geographic have better wildlife shows. XD (atleast the versions we get here)
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