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<p>A full-scale replica of the pre-historic snake "Titanoboa" swallowing a crocodile, is previewed on Friday, March 23, 2012, at Grand Central Station in New York, during a promotion for its exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., titled “Titanoboa: Monster Snake.” Titanoboa, discovered in 2005 in a open-pit coal mine in Colombia, was 48-feet long and weighed 2,500 pounds and lived more than 60 million years ago when dinosaurs no longer ruled the Earth. The traveling exhibit runs from March 30 through Jan. 6, 2013.(AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)</p>

<p>A full-scale replica of the pre-historic snake "Titanoboa" swallowing a crocodile, is previewed on Friday, March 23, 2012, at Grand Central Station in New York, during a promotion for its exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., titled “Titanoboa: Monster Snake.” Titanoboa, discovered in 2005 in a open-pit coal mine in Colombia, was 48-feet long and weighed 2,500 pounds and lived more than 60 mi…

March 26, 2012

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Giant ancient snake slithers again, sort of
March 26, 2012 4:17 a.m.

Giant ancient snake slithers again, sort of

NEW YORK (AP) — A prehistoric monster snake is making a quick stopover in New York City's Grand Central Terminal.