Fossil snake discovered in India may have been the largest ever

Fossil vertebrae of possibly the longest snake to have ever lived have been unearthed in a coal mine in India. Researchers recovered 27 vertebrae of a snake estimated to reach up to 15 metres in length, more than twice that of the longest snakes alive today, reticulated pythons (Malayopython reticulatus), and probably slightly longer than the extinct Titanoboa. The snake, dubbed Vasuki indicus, lived 47 million years ago.