Talking about largest snakes, last week one of my postings was entitled,  A COMING TRUMP DICTATORSHIP?   Someone e-mailed me this link of  Senator Chris Murphy's speech on the Senate floor, also sounding an alarm about President Trump's coordinated effort to dismantle democracy.   Watch it!  The Florida Museum reports that the Titanoboa is the largest snake that ever lived.  Perhaps up to 50 feet long 2500 pounds and 3 feet wide, was the largest predator on the planet after the extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago.  However, 23 million years ago came the  Megalodon .  Okay, a deviation, for this was not a snake. Several  films,  but there are so few remains, that there can only be estimates of size:  perhaps 47 feet to 80 feet long and at most, 200,000 pounds. However, this is about 10 times larger that an adult Great White Shark.  Here are two comparisons. Today, the  Green Anaconda  is the longest a...

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