The boa constrictor is one of the largest snakes in the world. When the snake is in captivity, it gets to be 5 to 7 feet long. In the wild boa constrictors are 10 to 13 feet long. It weighs about 130 pounds when fully grown. The boa is brown and tan to provide good camouflage when crawling on the forest floor.
The boa constrictor is found from Mexico all the way down to
Argentina, which is the Amazon Rain Forest.It eats mice, birds, small iguanas, and other small animals. The boa can live for many months without eating anything. Sometimes after it eats, it can sleep up to a week.
The boa hunts mostly at night. While hunting, it holds still and waits for the animal to get in range, corks back very slowly, and strikes. Then the boa squeezes its food to death. When it eats, the boa disconnects its jaw and slowly swallows.
The boa can have up to 50 live young at one time.
Even though I did a report on the boa, I still wouldn't want to have one in my house!
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