Global warming could lead to snakes as long as BUSES and horses shrinking to the size of CATS, scientists warn Titanoboa cerrejonensis measured 48 feet and weighed as much as a car. The monster relative of the boa constrictor lived in northern Colombia 60 million years ago Fossils have revealed the unusual size of creatures 55 million years ago These included a turtle the size of a SmartCar and horses the size of cats At this time temperatures rose by about 6 °C over a period of 200,000 years Scientists claim another warning event could change mammal and reptile size in the future 6 November 2013 Imagine a world with giant snakes as long as buses that are so fat that they can only just squeeze through the door. Turtles the size of SmartCars would hunt crocodiles, while horses as small as cats could be found roaming fields. This was Earth around 55 million years ago, according to U.S. researchers who have been studying the link between the size of animals, reptiles and a change in climate. Now scientists are warning massive reptiles and shrinking mammals could be found on our planet again if global warming takes hold. Jonathan Bloch, a paleontologist at the Florida Museum of Natural History, last week told a conference in Gainesville that there is a clear link between global warming and unusual animal fossils. [...] http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2488426/Global-warming-lead-snakes-long-BUSES-horses-shrinking-size-CATS-scientists-warn.html [with comments]
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