It's funny, some of the things that turn up on the internet these days. Boas come from South and Central America, not South East Asia (Malaysia).

yes.. some accounts of it call it a pithon.. they called the power bucket he was operating.. and that was holding the snake up a bulldozer...it's not a bulldozerr.. the way we know it either..

They get the Reticulated Python there, but not that size. It's always hard to know with many photos these days, there's always the perspective from the angle the photo's taken. And then there's always Photoshop,

Boas are common around here, it's a bit disconcerting to run into one in your yard or even in the house but it happens - luckily it hasn't happened to me yet. Over on the coast where we have a beach condo, friends have found some big enough to have eaten a cat or small dog. At that size, they need to go away. Mostly they just hire someone to catch them and take them farther back in the jungle. Here in the city, I don't think there are many around.

Jonna, you'd be surprised at what size of things a snake can get down it's throat. It wouldn't take much of a size of Boa to take down a cat or small dog. And not much of a feat to take down a large dog. I've got photos of snakes in the process of eating things so big that you'd swear it would split their head apart. But they manage to get it down. They can dislocate their jaw and their skin can really stretch. I had a small python get into my duck pen one time. It couldn't get back out again. And you could see the shape of a duck with the snake's belly skin wrapped tightly around it. Of course the snake had a big silly grin on its face. Or at least, that's what it looked like to me.

My ball python, Lucy, has a silly grin on her face, too. I fed her a thawed small rat at 11PM last night. We buy them by the dozen already frozen and individually vacuum-packed: no fuss, no muss. Seeing her bag of rats in the freezer is a bit of a shock the first 5 or 6 times you open the freezer, but you get used to it. Our baby is not exactly the ferocious creature people think of when talking about pythons. As I was saying, I dropped the thawed rat on her ceramic "patio" in her aquarium. This morning, I found Lucy sleeping, all stretched out with her head resting on the little rat as if on a pillow. This is a far cry from the mean, cruel, vindictive and bloodthirsty image many people associate with constrictors. This is the time of the year when she goes on a hunger strike. Last year, it lasted 5 weeks. Owning a snake is stressful at times.

Take care, all.
Sylvain.

It would be really convenient if the boas here only ate raccoons or coatamundis, with an occasional possum. The crocs do pretty well with the raccoons but they don't eat enough of them and the silly tourists feed them. What they don't realize is that the raccoons and coatamundis are now the major predators of turtle eggs and nests. I've seen tourists in 'Save the Sea Turtle' t-shirts out feeding the raccoons

Sylwain, as you would know, snakes don't need to eat a lot. Especially around times of low activity. One mistake made by people is to overfeed their snakes and keep them in a container where they can't, or don't need to, move around a lot. They then suffer from the same ailment that is plaguing the western world today - morbid obesity. Out around the garden they need to keep moving between food source, water and where they sleep over. Keeps them fit and healthy looking. Now I keep moving between food source, water and where I sleep over. But as a mammal I should probably be doing a lot more.