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This 80-Million-Year-Old Snake Fossil Just Revealed a Mind-Blowing Secret!

Wednesday 5 August 2026 β€’ScienceDaily
This 80-Million-Year-Old Snake Fossil Just Revealed a Mind-Blowing Secret!

Photo: David Clode / Unsplash

Inside a beautifully preserved fossil from Brazil, the brain of an ancient snake has been reconstructed to show us how these slithering creatures lived. It turns out that some ancient snakes loved burrowing underground, while others preferred living high up in the trees or even swimming in the sea! Isn't it amazing to think that snakes were exploring all these different ways of life such a very long time ago?
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