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What is the newest item on display at New York City's Grand Central Station?

What is the newest item on display at New York City's Grand Central Station?

Answer: a replica of the titanoboa, the largest snake to ever live

Beginning last Thursday, a full-scale replica of the titanoboa (titanoboa cerrejonensis) was placed on display in Grand Central, where patrons could see for themselves how massive this reptile really is: 48 feett long and 2,500 pounds. On Friday, the snake will be moved to the Smithsonian Institute's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., and then make its way around museums in the country beginning Fall 2013, according to the International Business Times