Boa constrictor

"When the boa constrictor finishes a large prey item, it can go weeks without eating," said the spokesperson.

Boa constrictor

  • Boa constrictor

    Scientific name

  • Tropisch regenwoud, graslandenen bosgebieden

    Habitat

  • Kleine zoogdieren en vogels

    Food

  • 20 - 30 jaar

    Lifetime

  • 15 - 45 kg

    Weight

  • 3 meter

    Length

  • 10 - 65 jongen

    Number of youngsters

  • 5 tot 8 maanden

    Wear time

  • Niet onderzocht

    IUCN Status

  • Nee

    EEP

Wist je dat?

  • 20 - 30

    years, that's how old a boa constrictor can get

  • 3

    meters, as long as a boa constrictor can be

  • 120

    days, that's how long it can take for the eggs to hatch

Independent boy

The female boa constrictor does not lay her eggs in a nest. She keeps them in her abdomen to incubate them. This keeps the eggs safe. After five to eight months, the eggs hatch. The young can take care of themselves immediately after birth.

Strangling snake but not venomous

The boa constrictor is a garter snake. So it has no fangs to kill its prey with. When it catches an animal, it turns its body completely around it. It then squeezes its muscles tighter and tighter until its prey suffocates. When the prey is dead, the boa constrictor swallows it whole.

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