Titanoboa: Monster Snake - Titanoboa at the Zoo?

In the wild, titanoboa probably ate large crocodiles, fish and other snakes - but if there were a titanoboa at the National Zoo today, what would the zoo keepers feed it?

[NetherSpirit]

I find it rather strange that I'm petrified of even the smallest spiders, but I wouldn't have a problem walking right up to Titanoboa and giving it a hug.

[headmasterozpin]

Sorry. It was me... The man in the dark robes offered me a cookie. It was totally worth it.

[RCSVirginia]

I would imagine for its first few meals that it would start with the zookeepers. ... This was a fun video, by the way, with a sharp sense of humour.

[SmithsonianChannel]

If a 50-foot Titanoboa were alive today, what would it eat?

[TheDeathFrost]

I'd love to see one at a zoo. But the problem with that is... it means there are some out in the wild....

[jameswolfe]

Given that it takes an anaconda 3+ weeks to digest an antelope [a large goat] and it can go months without food - give the titanboa a water buffalo or a young elephant and you wouldn't have to feed it for a year or more.

Humans are such chickens.

[iTzNikkitty]

What kind of person wouldn't want to watch a 50ft long snake eat a freaking cow? That sounds awesome.

[ryanabouchakra]

This snake lived most of its life on water as it was too heavy to walk on land:

[pampachu]

i dont know why, but the music, plus the boa tongue, = the most chivalrous i thing i have seen in a very long time

[tscream]

"Swallowing a cow whole... yeah I don't know if that's something the public would want to see." I dunno, when I was last at the Reptile House at the SNZ, a lot of people were gathered around the Everglades Ratsnake exhibit watching it eat a mouse. A cow... who knows.

[unknownna]

Titanoboa was 42ft not 50ft. Idk why people keep changing its size. It was just 42-43ft long and weighed a ton. It mostly spent its time in water

[nabbitsyoutube]

Sarcosuchus inside a zoo would be scary as well.

[roniteehee]

Somebody opened the chamber of secrets again....

[Bloooo]

No, Raty is correct. There was a 49 foot python discovered in Indonesia and held in captivity. Look up the video on google, it's not hard to find.

[cobraglatiator]

Titanoboa, the new electric AT THE ZOO!!!! : D

[TheOtiswood]

Thank you for taking the time t ook at the videos.I also appreciate the fact that you respected my beliefs. thank you again.

[taistelutomaatti]

That's a titanoboa, the ancestor of anaconda. One of the reasons why they share same physical characteristics.

[zonoyahall]

I would totaly wanna see a titanoboa in public!

[SocaTrain]

yep. temperatures "around the equator" had to have been much warmer back then

[petargacic]

Imagine beong afraid of snakes and this thing comes back to life