The other extinct giant snake, Titanoboa, was discovered in Colombia.

另一种灭绝的巨蛇泰坦博蛇是在哥伦比亚发现的。

But Titanoboa’s teeth were only weakly attached to its jaws.

但泰坦巨蟒的牙齿只是微弱地附着 在它的下巴上。

But still, living boids never get anywhere near as big as Titanoboa.

但是，活体生物永远不会 像泰坦巨蟒那样大。

Based on its length, researchers have also been able to estimate the mass of Titanoboa.

根据它的长度，研究人员 还能够估计泰坦巨蟒的质量。

Now, there aren't many fossils of boids older than Titanoboa, which is about 59 million years old.

现在，比泰坦巨蟒更古老的类群化石已经不多了，泰坦巨蟒大约有 5900 万年的历史。

If Titanoboa were alive today, it would almost certainly steal the record  for the longest snake to ever exist.

如果泰坦巨蟒今天还活着，它几乎肯定会打破有史以来最长的蛇的记录。

These colder  conditions threatened large cold-blooded animals like Titanoboa, lowering body  temperatures and slowing their metabolisms.

这些寒冷的环境威胁着泰坦巨蟒等大型冷血动物，降低了它们的体温并减慢了它们的新陈代谢。

In the case of Titanoboa, a freakishly hot climate created an environment that fostered the biggest snake that ever lived.

就泰坦巨蟒而言，异常炎热的气候创造了一种培育有史以来最大的蛇的环境。

Titanoboa resembled both a boa and an anaconda, so much so that paleontologists aren't sure which  one it resembled more.

泰坦巨蟒既类似于蟒蛇， 又类似于水蟒，以至于古生物学家不确定它更像哪一种。

Titanoboa was large enough to wrap  its titanic body around cars, capsize small boats, and swallow human adults with ease.

泰坦巨蟒足够大， 可以用它巨大的身体包裹住汽车、掀翻小船，甚至轻松吞下成年人。

On top of its incredible length, Titanoboa weighed  upwards of 1,000 kilograms, or 2,200 pounds, far surpassing even the heaviest anacondas.

除了令人难以置信的长度之外，泰坦巨蟒的重量还超过 1,000 公斤（2,200 磅），甚至远远超过了最重的水蚺。

Further east, another potential habitat for Titanoboa can be found in the subtropical wetlands  of southern Florida, known as the Everglades.

再往东，在佛罗里达州南部的亚热带湿地，即大沼泽地，可以找到泰坦巨蟒的另一个潜在栖息地。

These animals flourished in the superheated  jungles of the mid to late Paleocene, but none more than the colossal serpent, Titanoboa.

这些动物在古新世中后期的过热丛林中繁衍生息，但其中最重要的莫过于巨蛇泰坦巨蟒。

Titanoboa shared anatomical characteristics with boa constrictors, but it  behaved more like an anaconda, spending most of its time immersed in shallow water.

泰坦巨蟒与大蟒蛇具有相同的解剖学特征，但它的行为更像水蟒，大部分时间都浸在浅水中。

With such  tremendous size and power, Titanoboa could capture and kill the largest predators in its ecosystem, including crocodylomorphs and even other snakes.

凭借如此巨大的体型和力量，泰坦巨蟒可以捕获并杀死其生态系统中最大的掠食者，包括鳄鱼甚至其他蛇类。

Titanoboa lived just a few million years before global temperatures spiked even higher, in an event known as the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, which we've talked about before.

泰坦巨蟒在全球温度飙升至更高温度之前仅存在了几百万年，这一事件被称为古新世-始新世极热事件，我们之前已经讨论过。

Had Titanoboa survived beyond the PETM, it would have faced more challenges in the millions of  years between then and now.

如果泰坦巨蟒能够在古新世始世以来的时期幸存下来，那么从那时到现在的数百万年里， 它将会面临更多的挑战。

If Titanoboa somehow survived all these hurdles  and still existed in the world today, its impact may be as profound as it is unpredictable.

如果泰坦巨蟒以某种方式克服了所有这些障碍并仍然存在于当今世界，那么它的影响可能是深远且难以预测的。

Among  cypress trees and tangled mangroves live more than 50 distinct species of reptiles, including snakes,   lizards, and crocodiles, Titanoboa's natural prey.

在柏树和错综复杂的红树林中，生活着 50 多种不同的爬行动物，包括蛇、蜥蜴和泰坦巨蟒的天然猎物鳄鱼。

Assuming Titanoboa survived into the modern  era, it might still be living in the jungles of Colombia, slithering through its flooded  forests and warm, winding rivers.

假设泰坦巨蟒幸存到了现代，它可能仍然生活在哥伦比亚的丛林中，在被洪水淹没的森林和温暖蜿蜒的河流中滑行。