Pythons and Anacondas are some of the largest snakes in the world today, but what about prehistoric snakes? Has anyone ever found fossils of snakes from long ago? How big do you think “dinosaur snakes” would have been? Scientists can take fossils and piece them together to figure out clues from the past. Let’s learn about the largest snake fossil ever found!
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