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At the Chester Zoo in the UK, animations of extinct giant predators.

Jurassic Park as if you were part of the cast.

One of them is a giant extinct snake, Titanoboa cerrejonensis, from 60 million years ago. Weighed well over 1000 kg.

Smithsonian weighs in on Titanoboa vs. T. Rex (were it possible):

Okay, back to work.

Hat tip: Nature

See also: Fastest known bite in the animal kingdom? Researchers report: The speed of a hairy frogfish’s bite is the result of a vacuum in its mouth that can suck in its prey in just 1/6000th of a second. It’s so fast that even slow-motion video struggles to capture it.

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