I was a stereotype when I was five. I had an undying fascination
with all things dinosaur. I forced my parents to read me books with
complicated species names like Eustreptospondylus and
Piatnitzkysaurus. I was an avid fan of Land of the Lost and dreamed of
someone finding a real, live dinosaur, somehow left over from
prehistoric days.
It wasn't until Jurassic Park came along well
into my adulthood that I realized how very unpleasant an encounter with
a real, live dinosaur would, of course, probably be. But not until
this morning did it occur to me that if there were once giant lizards,
and later giant tigers and wool-covered elephants, well, weren't there
probably giant, um, snakes? Oh yes indeed, it seems there were.
The largest prehistoric snake fossil ever found was found this week in Columbia. Measuring approximately 42 feet long and weighing in at over
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