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Titanoboa: Monster Snake

Titanoboa: Monster Snake is a 2012 documentary film produced by the Smithsonian Institution. The documentary treats Titanoboa, the largest snake ever found. Fossils of the snake were uncovered from the Cerrejón FormationatCerrejón, the tenth biggest coal mine in the world in the Cesar-Ranchería BasinofLa Guajira, northern Colombia, covering an area larger than Washington, D.C.^[1] The documentary premiered at the Smithsonian Channel on April 1, 2012, followed by a panel discussion from the scientists who spearheaded the research: Carlos Jaramillo from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Jonathan Bloch from the Florida Museum of Natural History and Jason Head from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln.^[2]

Description[edit]

The documentary describes the finding of and scientific examination after Titanoboa. The tagline of the documentary is:^[3]

Meet Titanoboa: She's longer than a bus, eats crocodiles for breakfast and makes the anaconda look like a garter snake."

The documentary was released on March 28, 2012 at the Baird auditorium of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.^[2]

Cast[edit]

• Jim Conrad (Narrator)
• Dr. Jonathan Bloch (himself)
• Edwin Cadena (himself)
• Percy Fawcett (archive photo)
• Alex Hastings (himself)
• Dr. Jason Head (himself)
• Shawn Heflick (himself)
• Fabiany Herrera (himself)
• Kevin Hockley (himself)^[4]
• Carlos Jaramillo (himself)
• P. David Polly (himself)
• Jesús Rivas (himself)

References[edit]

^ Titanoboa: Monster Snake Meet Titanoboa: She's longer than a bus, eats crocodiles for breakfast and makes the anaconda look like a garter snakeatIMDb

External links[edit]

• Titanoboa: Monster Snake at the Smithsonian Channel
• Titanoboa: Monster SnakeatIMDb