Science Daily is reporting that archaeologists have uncovered the fossil of a new prehistoric snake, which they compare to "the Tyrannosaur Rex of snakes." The colossal monster, named Titanoboa, was over 40 feet long, and weighed approximately 2300 pounds. The largest snake which has ever lived, Titanoboa crept through the jungles of northern Columbia and subsisted on a diet of crocodiles and giant turtles. This new discovery is interesting in and of itself, but it also has a lot of ramifications for the cryptozoology folks. Reports of giant anacondas have popped up every so often, and although many cryptozoological expeditions have been launched, no one has yet found a giant anaconda. A regular (i.e. non-giant) anaconda reaches a maximum length of about 20 feet. South American natives have feared the monster called Sucuriju, which is described as being just like an anaconda, but much larger - as long as 50 or 60 feet, by some accounts. One fact which muddies the waters of Sucuriju lore is that when a snake sheds its skin, the castoff skin gets stretched out in the process. The abandoned snakeskin for a one foot snake could be as much as two feet long, due to the skin's elasticity. When a normal, 20 foot long anaconda sheds its skin, the skin could easily end up being 50 or 60 feet long. Sucuriju reports could simply be a combination of vivid imaginations, exaggerated impressions in the heat of an anaconda attack, and running across a 50 foot long snakeskin in the forest. Of course, there is a one word response to these arguments: coelacanth.