More than 60 million years ago, in the ocean lived such an ancient giant beast, called the ancient cup snake, which is a sea snake up to ten meters long.
Very powerful, even able to prey on sharks, now extinct, so far, people have found that the fossil of the ancient cup snake is still quite appreciated,
Because modern sea snakes are venomous, scientists have also speculated that the ancient cup snake contains severe venom.
According to the fossils excavated by archaeologists, the small ancient cup snake can reach 1 to 5 meters, while the large one can reach 9 to 10 meters.
Weighing about 310 kilograms, it is definitely a behemoth, and like today's sea snakes, the ancient cup snake lives in shallow bays, triangle bays,
The ancient cup snake vertebrae have anterior concave and posterior convex hinges, and the ribs are very long, which is very suitable for living in the sea. However, unlike modern sea snakes, the ancient cup snake does not have primary and middle joints, and has 4 teeth on the front jaw.
There are very few records about the ancient cup snake, which has also made scientists very helpless, and now fossils of the ancient cup snake have been found in many places.
But these fossils are incomplete, so there are some speculations and inferences about their living habits and structural characteristics.
Modern sea snakes are poisonous, so the possibility of the ancient cup snake being poisonous is very high, perhaps it relies on entanglement and its own snake venom to prey on sharks.
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