Giant snake and giant turtle were besties

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Giant snake and giant turtle were besties

You couldn’t have a one-ton snake today — the climate’s just too moderate for a cold-blooded creature that size. But back when the planet was warmer by nature, all kinds of terrifying mega-reptiles roamed the Earth. So, in anticipation of global warming, maybe we should start preparing for how to coexist with snakes the size of buses. Lesson one: Apparently they pal around with giant turtles . Researchers from the University of Florida have announced that they’ve found an eight-foot-long prehistoric turtle in the same Colombian mine where the one-ton “Titanoboa ” was discovered. The 60-million-year-old specimen, which the scientists have named Carbonemys cofrinii, is an ancestor of modern tropical turtles — and the press release describes it as “one of the only animals the world’s largest snake could not have eaten.” If that’s not the basis for a friendship, I don’t know w...

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@JTToronto » 19 May '12, 2am
RT @marksinghTO: “@grist: Wow, a one-ton snake AND an eight-foot-long prehistoric turtle? [link]” // woah.
@marksinghTO » 19 May '12, 2am
“@grist: Wow, a one-ton snake AND an eight-foot-long prehistoric turtle? [link]” // woah.
@grist » 19 May '12, 1am
Wow, a one-ton snake AND an eight-foot-long prehistoric turtle? [link]
@j_zimms » 18 May '12, 9pm
@edyong209 I made some pictures of them. Giant snake + giant-snake-proof turtle = OTP! [link]
@kaysteiger » 18 May '12, 8pm
Amazing photoillustraton. MT @sommermathis: MT @grist: Researchers found an eight-foot-long prehistoric turtle: [link]
@sommermathis » 18 May '12, 8pm
#TurtleFriday RT @grist: So these researchers found an eight-foot-long prehistoric turtle: [link]
@grist » 18 May '12, 8pm
So these researchers found an eight-foot-long prehistoric turtle: [link] Probably BFFs with this giant snake.
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@kate_sheppard Boom: [link]
@dlarkings » 19 May '12, 1am
RT @grist: Wow, a one-ton snake AND an eight-foot-long prehistoric turtle? [link]
@emoontx » 19 May '12, 1am
RT @j_zimms: @edyong209 I made some pictures of them. Giant snake + giant-snake-proof turtle = OTP! [link]
@shawnamadonna » 18 May '12, 11pm
RT @grist: So these researchers found an eight-foot-long prehistoric turtle: [link] Probably BFFs with this giant snake.
@stargazer_412 » 18 May '12, 9pm
RT @j_zimms: @edyong209 I made some pictures of them. Giant snake + giant-snake-proof turtle = OTP! [link]
@edyong209 » 18 May '12, 9pm
RT @j_zimms: @edyong209 I made some pictures of them. Giant snake + giant-snake-proof turtle = OTP! [link]
@liamkfisher » 18 May '12, 8pm
RT @grist: So these researchers found an eight-foot-long prehistoric turtle: [link] Probably BFFs with this giant snake.
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RT @drgrist: Giant snake and giant turtle were besties [link]
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@drgrist » 18 May '12, 4pm
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RT @kate_sheppard: .@j_zimms :with the photoshop win on giant snake and turtle buddies [link]
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