# Snake that Preyed on Sauropod Dinosaurs!

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**Created:** [March 15, 2010, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snake-that-preyed-on-sauropod-dinosaurs/532504 "2010-03-15T02:42:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snake-that-preyed-on-sauropod-dinosaurs/532504/1 "2010-03-15T02:42:16Z")

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[Article here](http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18594-giant-dinoeating-snake-killed-in-action.html).

Granted the sauropods in question were hatchling titanosaurs, only half a meter long, and the snake was “only” 3.5 meters long, it’s not quite the minds-eye picture of a snake big enough to swallow a full-grown broontosaurus. But it’s still cool.

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snake-that-preyed-on-sauropod-dinosaurs/532504/2 "2010-03-15T03:18:22Z")

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Now [_Titanoboa_](http://scienceblogs.com/notrocketscience/2009/02/titanoboa_-_thirteen_metres_one_tonne_largest_snake_ever.php) was big enough to eat adult dinosaurs, but as it lived after they died out it had to make do with giant crocodiles. (This thing was found by some of my scientific colleagues here in Panama.)

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**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snake-that-preyed-on-sauropod-dinosaurs/532504/3 "2010-03-15T16:44:26Z")

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Hey, **Colibri** , my security software warned me when I clicked on your link that the site was trying to load a Trojan onto my computer.