http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/02/04/science/AP-SCI-Monster-Snake.html
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.
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