YEAH we talk a lot about the Titanoboa but
what about the Gigantophis Garstini – a
snek from your prehistoric nightmares that
slithered along in the Northern Sahara, Egypt
and Algeria killing elephants and crocodiles
as it slipped on by.
Would it have taken down a human, oh sure,
but there weren’t any back in the Gigan’s
day.
Buuuuutttt what if honey was still alive today.
Hello and welcome back to Life’s Biggest
Questions – the channel that loves to hit
you with a big old snake – I am your host
Rebecca Felgate and today I am asking
What if the Gigantophis Snake didn’t go
extinct?
Oh what a question and oh what a snake.
Before we really slide on into this video
I want you guys to let me know if you have
ever held a snake?
Here is a picture of me holding one about
4 years ago.
Snake.
RIGHT THEN Gigantophis, what you got for us…also
I am going to be abbreviating snakey baby’s
name to Gigan as it rolls off the tongue easier.
Cool.
Thanks.
So the Gigan slithered its last 40 million
years ago and was a constrictor snake, which
means it squeezed its prey to death.
Fun.
Also fun – they were said to be adept swimmers
and would wait for prey by hiding in shallow
water.
The snake was considered to be the biggest
on earth, that was until the fossil of the
Titanoboa was found in 2009 In Colombia.
What does a snake have to do to stay on top?
Despite the total eclipse of the gigan – it
was still YUGE.
From their fossils it is thought they measured
up to 33 feet long – so ten metres…roughly
the length of a school bus.
Soo….what if these mega snakes were still
out there?
Back in the day these great big snakes were
pretty specific to the hot climes of Northern
Africa.
Imagining they didn’t exist is imagining
them after 40 million years of evolution and
migration which is a pretty difficult task.
If we imagined them as they were back then
then I guess perhaps there would have been
more giant snakes in relics from the ancient
Egyptian civilization and Northern African
tribes….
Maybe they would have worshipped them or maybe
if the snakes really were alive and thriving
they would have obliterated humans who we
also know originated in the continent of Africa.
Perhaps we would never have crossed over into
Eurasia if the deserts we had to pass were
infested with massive snakes, but then again,
we seemed to have managed it in the face of
other wildlife adversity….although so far
as we know nothing quote so terrifying as
a 33ft snake.
Humans probably would still have migrated
in the way that we did, but we would have
to have learned how to take down a huge snake.
Snakes are pretty meaty – maybe humans would
have hunted them – oooor perhaps they would
have found there to be higher competition
for food with the snakes around killing medium
sized animals.
Who knows what that could have meant.
Further considering migration, it is likely
that the snakes, which could swim, would have
slipped on over into other hot areas, Israel,
Saudi Arabia, Yemen, the UAE, maybe up into
Iraq, Iran, Syria, Turkey….
Who knows how far these snakes could be living
today – could they survive in southern Europe?
Could they have made it as far as India?
If so… like….
Woah.
If the Gigantophis hadn’t gone extinct then
it really would be a sight to behold – they
would be among the largest land animals in
the world today – much bigger than the biggest
Alligators, much bigger than the Great Chinese
Salamander….
The current largest verified snake right now
is the Green Anaconda which is still 7 - 10
ft shorter than the average of the Gigans.
Perhaps the snake would cause chaos and eat
a bunch of humans, but we have managed to
get the upper hand with all other wildlife
we readily encounter, so I doubt it.
More likely we would be writing horror movies
about it in the style of Jaws and perhaps
some nasty people would go off out specifically
to hunt the snake as a trophy…… a really
big weighty pointless trophy.
Most of us would be sensible enough to not
go looking for the killer snake, but wild
life documentaries and nature shows would
have our backs!
Perhaps some would exist in Zoos too…..
but can you IMAGINE if they got loose!
For all the wizards out there – the parcel
tongues…imagine what they could do if they
could communicate with a whopping great snake
side kick!
Okay we have bordered on the ridiculous so
maybe let’s quit while we are ahead….what
do you guys think would happen if the Titanoboa
didn’t go extinct?
Let me know your thoughts in the comments
section down below!
Also don’t forget to let me know if you
have held a snake!
Comments from a similarly snakey but ultimately
more ridiculous video I did last week – What
if the Titanoboa fought Cthulhu.
WELL GAMING Toast kind of hit the nail on
the head….
They wrote: Ok c’mon this is just getting
out of hand.
Like really who’s going to win An out of
this world being who has the world at his
hands and is so scary once you see him you
turn insane or One tiny snake boy?.
Totally fair.
Luv Sick YT wrote:
The titanaboa is dinner for Lovecraft's squid
monster.
The titanaboa is a big snake.
Cthulhu however, is a GIANT EVIL BLOODTHIRSTY
DEMIGOD.?
Evening up the score a bit Unlited Beans wrote:
What if Zeus had a fight
with Cthulhu?
I guess that is more like it!
