Analysis of fossils from South America shows that the tropical snakes reached their maximum size 12.4 million years ago.
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Andrés Alfonso-Rojas has analysed giant anaconda fossils from South America to deduce that these tropical snakes reached their maximum size 12.4 million years ago, and have remained giants ever since.