Meet Vasuki Indicus, the ‘crocodile’ that was a 50ft snake

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Meet Vasuki Indicus, the ‘crocodile’ that was a 50ft snakeResearchers said the large size of ‘Vasuki Indicus’, named after the mythical king of serpents usually depicted round the neck of Shiva and in reference to its country of discovery, would have made it a slow-moving, ambush predator akin to an anaconda. The study named, ‘Largest known madtsoiid snake from warm Eocene period of India suggests intercontinental Gondwana dispersal”, was published in ‘Scientific Reports’ on ‘Springer Nature’ platform on Friday.