Scientists tap motion in the ocean for energy

A sea of potential is lurking just beneath the waves. In a sinuous rubber tube dubbed the Anaconda and in the unusual features of dolphin flukes and humpback whale fins, scientists are looking to the ocean and its inhabitants for a little alternative energy inspiration.

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Mass. Aquarium Houses Pregnant Anaconda

Man-made rain and flooding, along with some extra food, were enough to convince the trio of anacondas at the New England Aquarium to breed in captivity for the first time. One of the aquarium's two female anacondas is confirmed pregnant by the lone male.

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Earlier this year, scientists rooting around in a coal mine in Colombia unearthed the 60-million-year-old fossil remains of a gigantic snake. They named it Titanoboa because, well, it sounded real cool and the name Sunshine Snuggle Britches was already taken.

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The Wazirs are a more warlike Pakhtoon tribe than the Durranis, Lodhis, Suris and Ghalzais who ruled the subcontinent. They inhabit South and North Waziristan in Pakistan and Birmal, Matun districts in Afghanistan.

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Giant rubber sea snakes could harness the plentiful clean power off Britain's coasts within five years, according to the inventors of a new type of wave-energy generator.

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Named Titanoboa cerrejonensis by its discoverers, the beast's 13m-long body and 1,140kg (2,500lb) weight make it the largest snake on record.

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Paris - Never mind the snake that menaced Jennifer Lopez in the 1997 movie Anaconda. Not even Hollywood could match a new discovery from the ancient world.

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A giant rubber snake could be the future of renewable energy. The rippling "Anaconda" produces electricity as it is squeezed by passing waves. Its developers say it would produce more energy than existing wave-energy devices and be cheaper to maintain.

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