![]() ![]() ![]() Staff reported she was calm once out on her own and the team felt a sense of accomplishment watching the great boa slither off into the jungle once more. They waited until this time as these snakes are most active at night. With the amazing work of the team finished and all of the required data gathered, they waited until night time to release the boa back into the habitat from which she was taken. This beautiful boa was slightly longer than the average of 2.5 metres, but this is hardly surprising considering there are records of adults reaching 5 metres long! Whilst they are not venomous, the constrictor earns its name as it literally squeezes its prey to death. The Boa Constrictor is a key part of the food chain as both prey and predator, so the presence of one indicates a healthy and biodiverse environment in the Amazon. Reptiles are included in the several taxonomic groups that are studied at the site, which helps to monitor the health of the forest. The staff survey the rainforest every day to better understand its exchange of energy. ![]() ![]() She consisted of 2.9 metres and 17.5 kilograms of sparkling scales, surprising the team as their last recorded Boa was a much smaller juvenile. The expertise and experience of the team allowed them to safely transport the snake into an area where they could start collecting data for their own scientific research. Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan Republic, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde Islands, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon Republic, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guam, Guatemala, Guernsey, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jersey, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Republic of Croatia, Republic of the Congo, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City State, Vietnam, Virgin Islands (U.S.This week the team at the Amazon Conservation Project in Peru discovered the largest Boa Constrictor recorded on site in over five years, and everyone is very excited about the discovery!ĭuring their daily survey of the rainforest, the snake was initially thought to be a tree trunk.until it moved! After this sudden movement, the team recognised the animal immediately as a great Boa Constrictor. ![]()
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