![50-Million-Year-Old-Snake-Preserved-in-Amber.jpg] The wonderful picture in circulation online for more than 2 years now seems to show a 50 Million year old Snake Preserved in Amber! Today, we are going to analyze the authenticity of the claim.(
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![50-Million-Year-Old-Snake-Preserved-in-Amber2.jpg]What is Amber
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![50-Million-Year-Old-Snake-Preserved-in-Amber3.jpg]It is a fact that some remarkable creepy crawlies from ancient times have been found fossilized in amber. One such fossilized amberof spider attack on prey (wasp) caught in its web was reported in August 2012 — it was around 97-110 million years old, when dinosaurs are believed to be wandering. As you can see in the picture above, the wasp was watching the spider just as it was about to be attacked, when the tree resin amber flowed over and captured & preserved both of them. Scientists also found 3 well-preserved ancient insects fossilized in amber in Italy, which were said to be about 230 million years old (pictures above and below).(
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current claim that 50 million year old snake is preserved in amber is therefore a hoax. Like with most gemstones, such imitations of amber (artificial resins) are available in the market, also with lizards, insects and others. So it is important to test the genuineness of ambergemstones that you come across.
http://www.hoaxorfact.com/science/50-million-year-old-snake-preserved-in-amber-facts.html