yes and they can eat a whole hippo. Cool Huh?
All snakes shed their skin. Sidenote: hippos live in Africa, and there are no boa species in africa big enough to eat a hippo. Even crocodiles won't dare go for a hippo. Hippos have been seen simply biting a crocodile in half. There are no snakes on earth (I don't even think a retic could) that could eat a hippo.
Yes.
Boa constrictors are aggressive.
Boa constrictors are not poisonous they constrict their prey.
The simple answer is - they don't ! Once the baby snakes are born (boas are live-bearers) they quickly disperse to shed their first skin, and look for their first prey.
Boa constrictor is a specific individual species of boa, boa being the taxonomic family they belong to as well as their genus. All boa constrictors are boas, but not all boas are boa constrictors.
Yes, boa constrictors are excellent climbers.
Do Boa Constrictors measure prey?
Harpy eagles, jaguars, and mountain lions are predators of boa constrictors.
Jaguars, mountain lions, and harpy eagles prey on boa constrictors.
Typical prey of Boa Constrictors is rats, mice and other small mammals.
a boa constrictors predator is jaguar, birds [ big ] and other snakes.
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