Audiences have only heard of this creature in movies and TV dramas, and many viewers think that this creature does not exist.
Who would have thought that Wang Xiaoshan would actually dig up the fossil of this creature this time.
The Titanoboa fossil excavated by Wang Xiaoshan this time is very complete and has a head and a tail, which is very rare.
Yesterday, the audience saw many bones and fossils piled together. They were coiled together before the python became a fossil.
This resulted in so many bones piled together that it was impossible to tell what kind of dinosaur fossil these were.
[Old Wang, you are so awesome. This is the first time I have seen the fossil of Titanoboa. I thought this creature did not exist at all! 】
[This is definitely the largest snake known to mankind. With such a big head and body, such a big python can easily eat an elephant! 】
[Titanoboa is too big, too. Such a big python can wrap up a very large dinosaur to death. In ancient times, there should be very few animals that could kill it.]
[The skeleton of this python is so big. If it had meat, you can imagine how scary it would be. Fortunately, this creature is extinct, otherwise it would rule the entire animal world. 】
[Old Wang quickly measured how long the python was, and then put a few ribs on the python's body to show us how thick the python was.]
After that, Wang Xiaoshan randomly took two ribs and placed them on both sides of the vertebrae. He showed the audience how thick the giant python was.
Wang Xiaoshan is not going to press the ribs anymore, mainly because there are many more ribs than vertebrae and it would be too troublesome to put them together.
After letting the audience see how thick the giant python was, Wang Xiaoshan took a ruler and measured the length of the giant python.
Just now, Wang Xiaoshan specially asked a staff member to lie next to the python, so that the audience could intuitively see that the python was particularly long.
The staff found a ten-meter-long tape measure for Wang Xiaoshan. Unexpectedly, the python was too long and the tape measure was not even able to measure it.
Finally, the length of the Titanoboa was measured twice.
"Dear viewers, I just measured that this Titanoboa is 13 meters long."
"Judging from the vertebrae and ribs, the python should be about one meter thick and weigh more than a ton!"
[It is 13 meters long and weighs one ton. It is really a giant. Does such a big animal have any natural enemies? 】
[How much food does such a big python need to eat in a day to satisfy its consumption? This means that people living in ancient times would starve to death even in modern times!]
[What do giant pythons like Lao Wang usually eat? The animals eaten by it should be quite large!]
[Animals like pythons are not picky about food. They will eat whatever they encounter. With such a big mouth, they can swallow any animal alive! 】
After hearing about the length and weight, the audience discovered that this giant python must have had very few natural enemies at that time, possibly even none at all.
The audience is very concerned about such a big giant python. It usually eats a lot of food, and even less food cannot satisfy the giant python's daily consumption.
Titanoboa is so big, twisting it consumes a lot of energy. It needs to eat a lot of food every day, otherwise it will not be able to twist.
In the eyes of the audience, such a big python should eat anything, and if caught by it, there is almost no chance of survival.
Being entangled by a one-ton python is no joke. The python may exert a slight force and the bones of the entangled animal may be crushed and broken.
Wang Xiaoshan did not answer the audience's questions, but took the camera to show the audience some fossil fragments that had been transported before.
"These fossil fragments are all animal bones that were eaten by Titanoboa at that time."
"These undigested animal bones became fossilized along with Titanoboa."
The Titanoboa excavated by Wang Xiaoshan had undigested animals in its stomach before it turned into a fossil. These undigested foods also became fossils together with the Titanoboa.
Wang Xiaoshan looked at these fossils carefully. He could tell what animal fossils they were from some of them, but he couldn't tell the difference in some.
"Some of these fossils are turtle fossils, and some are crocodile fossils."
"The turtle of the same period as Titanoboa was about 1.7 meters long, and the crocodile was over seven meters long."
Hearing this answer, the audience was shocked again.
[Oh my God, a seven-meter crocodile is considered the king in the crocodile world. All such crocodiles have been eaten. This Titanoboa is so powerful!]
[The creatures in ancient times were terrifying. Huge tortoises and huge crocodiles were all little brothers in front of the giant python. The python was so powerful! 】
[Snake is a cold-blooded animal, how come it can grow so big? It should be a warm-blooded animal that grows big?]
[Animals in ancient times will become extremely large regardless of whether they have a constant temperature or a variable temperature. The oxygen concentration is so high that it is difficult to shrink. 】
[No matter how high the oxygen concentration is, giants did not appear among the earliest humans. People in the past were not necessarily taller and lived longer than us modern humans!]
After Wang Xiaoshan finished speaking, he took a fossil fragment of a turtle shell and showed it to the audience.
The animals that giant beasts like Titanoboa eat must be very large, too small to fit between their teeth, and they are not willing to eat them at all.
With its big body and strength, Titanoboa has no worries about food. As long as it targets prey, it will most likely be eaten by it.
"Snakes are cold-blooded animals. They move more flexibly in places with high temperatures. Snakes are larger in warm places and smaller in cold places."
"That's why pythons are larger in tropical rainforests near the equator."
"In ancient times, there was a period of very high temperatures, which led to the emergence of large cold-blooded animals like Titanoboa."
"There was a time when snakes were invincible. The snakes at that time were very big!"
"Later, as the temperature dropped, it dealt a heavy blow to these large cold-blooded animals, causing it to bid farewell to the stage of history."
"The largest snake now is only six to seven meters long and weighs no more than 100 kilograms."
After looking at the fossils, Wang Xiaoshan gave the audience some science knowledge about why there are such large snakes.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! [Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Wang. Not only did you dig up fossils, but you also taught us about fossils. Mr. Wang is really awesome and knows everything! 】
[Etikmic animals like warm places. Unlike us, who wear more clothes when it’s cold and less clothes when it’s hot, ectothermic animals can only go out for a walk when they’re warm and hibernate when they’re cold!]
[High temperature is only suitable for these ectothermic animals. Endothermic animals cannot stand it at all. Fortunately, the high temperature has passed, otherwise mammals would be miserable. 】
[This kind of fossil would be very spectacular if placed in a museum. If it could be hung on the wall, it would really look a bit like a dragon.]
[Lao Wang lets us take a look at Titanoboa’s head and body again!]
After Wang Xiaoshan introduced the fossil to the audience, the audience wanted to take a closer look at the Titanoboa he dug up.
The audience didn't watch carefully when there was no introduction just now. Now that the lecture is over, the audience has to watch the giant python digest the knowledge they just heard.
Wang Xiaoshan placed the camera on the python's head, letting the audience look at the python's head first, and then the body after a while.
After listening to Wang Xiaoshan's introduction, the staff at the scene all walked to the Titanoboa fossil to study the fossil carefully.
Just now, these workers were busy moving the fossils and did not look carefully. Now that they are done, they want to take a good look at this giant python.
These staff members have seen many fossils before, but they have never seen the fossils excavated by Wang Xiaoshan this time.
Very few Titanoboa fossils have been discovered in China. Those unearthed are python fossils with missing arms and legs, and they are not as big as this one today.
The expert is not here today. If the expert comes, he must take Wang Xiaoshan to have a good chat about the fossils he pieced together today.
At this time, the experts are all watching Wang Xiaoshan's live broadcast. Today, the veteran experts have not gone to the barren mountains to study fossils. They are all studying the Titanoboa excavated by Wang Xiaoshan in the live broadcast room.
These old experts did not watch it alone, but several people gathered together to watch it, and discussed while watching it. If they watched it alone, there would not even be anyone to discuss it.
Now these old experts really want to see the Titanoboa fossils on site, but unfortunately they can't go there and can only watch the live broadcast.
If these old experts want to see the real thing, they can only wait until Titanboa is finished. They will not be able to see the real thing in a short time.
Li Miaomiao and Cao Bingbing were lucky. They could observe the assembled dinosaur fossils at close range. They took photos of the giant python with their mobile phones.
The two of them felt that today's trip was worth it. Seeing fossils in the live broadcast room and seeing them in person are two completely different effects.
The two reporters could not only see the fossils, but also touch them, which no one else could experience.
Cao Bingbing: "Lao Wang is really amazing. He dug out such a big snake. He didn't panic at all when he fought just now!"
Cao Bingbing now felt that Wang Xiaoshan might have known that the fossil was Titanoboa yesterday. When she was trying to put it together, Cao Bingbing clearly felt that Wang Xiaoshan knew what to do and knew how to put it together.
Just like a student who is about to take an exam and knows the answers in advance, he does not panic at all and is confident.
Cao Bingbing admired Wang Xiaoshan even more. She already knew what kind of dinosaur fossil it was just after it was dug out yesterday. There is no other such great person in the country.
Li Miaomiao: "Well, it's such a big snake. I feel like we have enough to write about it in two nights today."
Cao Bingbing rubbed her temples and said helplessly: "Yes, this is probably the first time such a complete Titanoboa has been discovered in China. I need to write a better manuscript tonight."
Cao Bingbing's head started to hurt when she thought about writing a manuscript at night. She checked some information on the Internet last night.
When checking information yesterday, Cao Bingbing saw information about Titanoboa, but there is very little information in China. There are few unearthed and few studies, so there is even less information that can be found.
Some of the researched information will not be posted online, which also results in very little relevant information on Titanoboa.
When Cao Bingbing saw Titanoboa yesterday, she prayed that it would not be this animal. There was so little information online that it was difficult to write a manuscript.
Li Miaomiao is a little better than Cao Bingbing. She spent last night looking for information on Titanoboa, both at home and abroad.
Li Miaomiao had already finished writing everything she could write by noon, and what she needs to add to her manuscript now is content that is not available online.
Wang Xiaoshan just said part of the content that is not available on the Internet in the live broadcast room, and there is also part that Li Miaomiao can only wait to listen to him when he goes back in the evening.
Wang Xiaoshan didn't tell Li Miaomiao yesterday because the fossil hadn't been spelled out yet. Now that he has spelled it out, he will give Li Miaomiao a small stove in the evening.
Wang Xiaoshan let the audience look at the head of Titanoboa for a while, and then put the camera on the body parts, allowing the audience to take a good look at each part.
As soon as the audience saw that the camera was moving, they immediately began to post crazy comments.
[Lao Wang, please tell us more about Titanoboa. There is too little information in this area on the Internet. Can you talk about Titanoboa again? 】
[Can you tell me what you just said again? I didn’t hear it when I first came here. I haven’t watched it for a while and I feel like I missed a lot.]
[Finally, when the camera started to move, Lao Wang just sent a barrage for a long time and there was no reply. Lao Wang, can you let us see the giant python from a bird's eye view? 】
[Lao Wang is asking us to see the crocodile and turtle in the python's belly. We didn't see it when we went out just now. Can we take a look now? 】
[Lao Wang took a clear photo at night and posted it online. I want to download one, so don’t forget it! 】
Just now, the audience was wildly posting barrages in the live broadcast room, but Wang Xiaoshan was not in front of the camera and had no idea what the audience was posting.
Now that the camera is moving, the audience knows that Wang Xiaoshan will definitely watch the barrage, and everyone starts posting barrages like crazy.
For a while, barrages were flying in the live broadcast room, and it was impossible to see clearly the content posted by the audience. All I could see was the barrages that kept refreshing.
Wang Xiaoshan probably read a few of them, but there were too many to satisfy them all. He took the camera and circled around Titanoboa again, telling the audience some new content while he was going around.
Today, Wang Xiaoshan spent most of his time piecing together the fossils of giant pythons, and did not talk about much.
The audience wanted to hear Wang Xiaoshan tell the audience more about it. Many of the audience had never seen the Titanoboa discovered today. They didn't know much about this creature and asked a lot of questions.
When Wang Xiaoshan spoke, he was very detailed and tried his best to make it understandable for all viewers. The audience levels in the live broadcast room were different, and few could understand anything that was too profound.
The audience was very excited when Wang Xiaoshan started speaking. Many audience members put down their work and listened intently to his explanation of Titanoboa.
When Wang Xiaoshan started speaking, the staff and reporters at the scene put down what they were doing and listened to his explanation attentively.
When Wang Xiaoshan was talking, there were far fewer comments in the live broadcast room, which shows that everyone really wants to know about this huge python.
Wang Xiaoshan did not expect that the audience would be so enthusiastic. After he finished talking about Titanoboa, he carefully let the audience look at the ribs.
He wasn't going to fight the ribs, so he let the audience watch for a while.
The ribs of Titanoboa are almost the same length, but it is not easy at all to insert them into the vertebrae accurately.
The audience also wanted Wang Xiaoshan to find someone to fuck him on the spot, but he refused, not because he couldn't find one, but because there were too many ribs and it was too troublesome to choose.
After talking about Titanoboa, Wang Xiaoshan told the audience what foods Titanoboa liked to eat. He also selected a few distinguishable ones from a pile of fossil fragments for the audience to take a look at.