{"id":129648,"date":"2026-10-19T13:12:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T07:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=129648"},"modified":"2026-10-19T13:12:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T07:42:20","slug":"vasuki-indicus-snake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/vasuki-indicus-snake\/","title":{"rendered":"Vasuki indicus"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Vasuki indicus Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A massive prehistoric snake discovered in India named Vasuki indicus may have rivaled the largest snake ever known. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Vasuki indicus<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an <\/span><b>ancient snake species,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the <\/span><b>fossils <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of which were first <\/span><b>unearthed in 2005 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the <\/span><b>Panandhro Lignite Mine<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the<\/span><b> Kutch district of Gujarat.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, the <\/span><b>species <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was only identified and <\/span><b>described as a new genus in 2024.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is n<\/span><b>amed after Vasuki<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the <\/span><b>mythical snake<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> often depicted <\/span><b>around the neck <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the <\/span><b>Hindu god Shiva.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>belonged <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to the <\/span><b>now-extinct Madtsoiidae family,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a<\/span><b> group of large, non-venomous constrictor snakes.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is thought to have existed during the <\/span><b>Middle Eocene (47.8 to 38 million years ago),<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> when the <\/span><b>Earth&#8217;s temperature<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was <\/span><b>good enough to permit <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the<\/span><b> evolution of large, cold-blooded reptiles.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vasuki indicus is believed to have been an <\/span><b>incredible 49 feet long.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This discovery places it among the <\/span><b>longest known snake species<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>rivaling Titanoboa, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which grew up to<\/span><b> 42 feet<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>lived around 60 million years ago in South America.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Individual vertebrae measured between 37.5 and 62.7 millimeters (1.48 and 2.47 inches) long and between 62.4 and 111.4 millimeters (2.46 and 4.39 inches) wide.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their unusually broad shape suggests that Vasuki possessed a <\/span><b>thick, cylindrical body <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">capable of supporting tremendous weight.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its skeletal structure suggests that it was a <\/span><b>slow-moving ambush predator<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, similar to modern pythons and anacondas. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2026\/10\/261014001406.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>SD<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vasuki indicus is an ancient snake species, the fossils of which were first unearthed in 2005 at the Panandhro Lignite Mine in the Kutch district of Gujarat. 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