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See Titanoboa exhibit before it slithers away February 4, 2018, 6:46 amAt this Smithsonian traveling exhibit you can learn interesting facts about the Titanoboa, watch videos, touch snakeskin, pet a live snake on the hands-on cart, compare it to modern-day snakes, participate in a selfie booth, and see a vertebra replica of this monster snake. The Titanoboa was discovered in a coal mine in Columbia in 2007 where 58- million years ago it was once a jungle that received 150-inches of rain per year. In this hot and humid environment, everything grew bigger including: bugs, turtles, giant foliage, and this enormous snake, which was so big it could eat a 12-foot crocodile. After the dinosaurs became extinct, this giant monster snake became the king predator measuring 48-feet long (longer than a school bus) and weighing more than a ton. This exhibit is organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service in collaboration with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, the Smithsonian Channel, the Florida Museum of Natural History and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum is open Monday- Fridays from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., or Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. It is located at 645 E 1430 N in Provo. There is no cost for this museum. The community news source for Eagle Mountain Utah, Saratoga Springs Utah, Lehi Utah, American Fork Utah, Highland Utah, Alpine Utah, and The Cedar Valley, including Cedar Fort Utah and Fairfield Utah. Copyright 2024 The Crossroads Journal LLC. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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