A massive prehistoric snake discovered in India named Vasuki indicus may have rivaled the largest snake ever known.
About Vasuki indicus:
It is an ancient snake species, the fossils of which were first unearthed in 2005 at the Panandhro Lignite Mine in the Kutch district of Gujarat.
However, the species was only identified and described as a new genus in 2024.
It is named after Vasuki, the mythical snake often depicted around the neck of the Hindu god Shiva.
It belonged to the now-extinct Madtsoiidae family, a group of large, non-venomous constrictor snakes.
It is thought to have existed during the Middle Eocene (47.8 to 38 million years ago), when the Earth's temperature was good enough to permit the evolution of large, cold-blooded reptiles.
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