Why did it have to be...

Fellow avid public radio listeners are probably all over this story, since it's been covered every day for the last week. But in case you haven't heard, the headline reads:

Prehistoric Snake Discovered, Longer Than a City Bus

My favorite quote, from the usually-staid Bloomberg:

The Colombian snake, a relative of the boa family, would have been bigger than the South American one from the 1997 thriller movie “Anaconda” that terrorized Jennifer Lopez and Ice Cube.

...but a bigger threat to civilization than the 1997 thriller movie "Anaconda" starring Jennifer Lopez and Ice Cube? I think not. "Ha ha," you say, "but this snake is extinct." Not so fast: we will see "Anaconda II: Titanoboa" before too long, methinks.

One last treat to leave you with: things that can go wrong when giant snakes eat crocodilians.

Addendum (10:49 pm):

Make that "Anaconda III": "Anaconda II" already exists, scoring an extra-classy 4.2 out of 10 from viewers at IMDB. Brilliant.