It was the first epoch after the age of dinosaurs in a part of the world that had recently recovered from an asteroid blast of epic magnitudes. The blast birthed the tropical rainforests along the equator that exist today.
A landscape that was damp and swampy, covered in dense tropical foliage — ample places for Titanaboa to hide.
What Was the Biggest Snake in the World?
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Titanaboa, the biggest snake in the world, lived during the Paleocene around 58 to 60 million years ago. It thrived alongside other enormous species like 13-foot crocodiles and 8-foot turtles. They might have looked similar to today's anaconda snake, only much larger.
