#COMMON BOA CONSTRICTOR HABITAT PATCH#

#COMMON BOA CONSTRICTOR HABITAT PATCH#

When a Snake flicks its tongue, it collects odor particles and delivers the scent particles to a patch of sensory cells called Jacobson's organ. My Boas, socialized to people being non-threatening in their environment exhibit instincts of ease, curiosity, familiarity and other 'personality traits' that can distinguish one from another.Ħ) Why do Boa Constrictors flick their tongue?īoas, like all Snakes, use their tongue to smell the odors that are around them. Whether captive bred or wild, Boa Constrictors always react instinctively to their environment. With only a brain stem, Boa Constrictors, along with all Snakes, lack the emotion and higher reasoning of primates. That said, it is the common Boa's exquisite sense of touch and the way it moves that feels so wonderful on our bodies. Ex: 'A boa constricting a small rat is generating the kind of pressure that would stop the blood flow in your arm,' says Scott Boback, Associate Professor of Biology at Dickinson College in Pennsylvania. However, Boa Constrictors are heavy bodied reptiles, primarily made up of muscle, and will wrap tightly to support themselves. My Snakes are not large enough to truly harm a human being. Nevertheless, Snakes, like all of Nature's creatures, are powerful teachers for humanity.Ĥ) Will a Boa Constrictor constrict me to death? They prefer to escape the situation safely, which may manifest as aggressiveness, potentially resulting in being bit or constricted by the Snake. In addition, I provide spacious socialization amongst my Boas, another form of enrichment that dissipates monotony and isolation.īoas living in the wild have no interest in coming into contact with us at all, because we are not part of their natural environment.

But your fear does not trigger my commonly known Boas to react because I have entrained them to be comfortable with humans being a part of their known environment. All Snakes smell your fear via our human hormones. Stopping the flow of blood means no oxygen can be delivered to tissue' (Arielle Duhaime-Ross, 2015). That approach is so efficient that animals don't survive long enough to die from asphyxiation-the method that most scientists thought was the correct 'cause of death' in constricted prey. 'Researches have demonstrated for the first time that constrictor snakes kill by stopping the flow of blood inside their prey. Boa Constrictors constrict the blood flow of their prey, leading to a circulatory arrest, which is a much quicker death than suffocation (asphyxiation). The Boa Constrictor Snakes I live and work with live in an enriched environment with proper temperatures and humidity for their health and comfort. Because Boa Constrictor Imperators are also tropical, their natural habitat is in the warm climates of Central America and northern South America. Like all reptiles, Boa Constrictors are ectothermic, which means they rely on external resources to maintain their body temperatures (mammals are endothermic). Constrictor Imperators are Snakes that command attention! Boa Constrictors live up to an average of 20-35 years old. In Latin, imperator means 'commander,' hence, B. constrictor imperator, or the commonly known Boa Constrictor, is a species that belongs to the family Boidae which comprises several other species of Boa Constrictors. Meet the Snake Teachers & Healers- 9 Cold-Blooded Facts About Boa Constrictor Snakes

Common boa constrictor habitat