Boas

From what I've heard and seen...no. They are calm as babies but the adults bite. I almost got bit by one at a reptile show. I'm guessing you want a snake thats big. If this is your first snake check out ball pythons or Kenyan sand boas. If you want an extremely docile snake milk and corn snakes are the way to go. I have a corn snake and he hasn't even tried to bite me or anyone else. Good luck :)

That is a broad question as there are several types of Boa's but they can move rather fast in short sprints, but as for distances, they are quite slow, slower then a walking human. As for there strikes, I can just talk about my experiences with them as a owner of several species of snakes. As far as constrictors go, adult full sized Boas, 6 foot or over, are generally slower on there strikes, as well as getting around to constricting there prey. Might be because by this point they know there prey I feed them is dead already, but compared to pythons, and others, they are slow. Same with how fast they tend to move in there enclosures.

yes there is attempts to control it the kill some of them

between 100000-100000000000000 thousand roughly

I would presume that the emerald tree boa's color is emerald (green).

EDIT: The adult snakes are a vivid green, BUT - juveniles vary in colour from pale orange to brick-red. They attain their adult colouration at around 9-12 months. Snakester1962 (Supervisor)

No. Most boas are tropical where the temperature is relatively sustained year round. However, the Rosy boa is an example of a brumating (they don't hibernate) boa. It stays dormant through much of winter, coming out only on warm days.

rosy boas eat 1day old mice if they are a baby and as they grow-up they eat bigger things like rats the size of your arm including the tail!!

None.

Boa Constrictors are ovoviviparous which means they give birth to live young.

Boa constrictor embryos develop within an egg inside the females' body and hatch shortly before birth.

It seems the number of offspring produced can vary greatly with claims of between 10 and 60 hatchlings per clutch. I would say that around 20 - 30 viable hatchlings per clutch is typical.

No, the green anaconda does not have venom. It's a nonvenomous constrictor.

Young boas consume an average of a mouse per week. As the boa's size increases, so does the size of the meal--or the number of animals consumed in one meal. For adult boas, one meal every 7-10 days is usually sufficient. However, if you observe your snake searching around the cage in less than 7 days you can consider feeding it more often or feeding it a little larger meal. Avoid making too large of a jump in the size of your boa's meal, however. as it will regurgitate its food if the meal is too large to digest. It is also a good idea to let your boa "rest" for a couple of days after eating. That is, handle your boa less and avoid moving it around or startling it. Finally, snakes grow at different rates so you need to adjust the size and frequency of meals to your own snakes rate of growth.

Emerald Tree Boas will generally stay in their mother's tummy (also known as gestation) for 5-6 months. When they are born they usually have 8-12 brothers and sister (also known as litter size). Emerald Tree Boas can grown to over 5ft in length!

Many factors come in to play, such as the age and size of the animal. A baby with underdeveloped lungs surely can't hold it's breath for as long as a matured specimen. Water temperature is also a factor.

It is not too out of the ordinary to observe a boa swimming underwater for several minutes at a time on just a leisurely swim, and they have been known to stay under for 20-30 minutes during mite infestations in an attempt to drown the parasites.

No. All snakes are carnivores.

A python is smaller than a anaconda. even though the world record is held by a python most anacondas are bigger than them. If you want more info try national geographic or something like that i also think snakes are pretty freaking awesome:)

They live in humid woodlands, and sometimes are found on the open savannah.

nothing, only when they die and rot away like a apple! they turn grey brown and green and blend in with the enviorment

That is not necessarily true, many animals camouflage to their environment. Some are, chameleons, leaf and stick insects... really any animal that's color helps them blend into the environment.

well the most scales a fish has ever had is 126,522,232,312,896,328,612,835,123,281,376,283,618,531,843,484,598,123,542....

omg are you really that stupid to ask that......it is so obvious DUHHH!

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It depends on the sub-species. A typical Colombian Rainbow boa would average around 60 inches (1.5 metres)

As in Boa constrictor, the species of snake?

The all lay eggs.

yes because the boa can wrap around the owners neck which can cause cardeac arrest

The gestation period for a boa constrictor is hard to determine due to factors such as the female holding the young longer than need be. However, the average gestation period of a boa constrictor is estimated to be around 4-8 months.

20-30 years but there is a boa that has been 40 years old

I read an article a breeder of rosy boas wrote about his 65 year old and still living female.

Adult pythons are much bigger than adult cobras. Edit: It depends completely upon species. Some species of pythons such as the Australian Antaresia spp. (spotteds, stimsons, childrens and pygmy pythons) average around 1-1.5m! On the other hand, the largest cobra is the king cobra, known to reach lengths of 15ft. The longest python is the reticulated python, believed to reach lengths of 30ft!

If you mean how do you behave around a boa constrictor, then you move slowly so that you don't startle it. Let it climb on you as if you were a tree, not a predator grabbing it. When getting one out of an enclosure, it's best to have some way to tell it it isn't feeding time. For example, you could rub a snake hook along it to let it know there isn't food coming. Don't lift up just by tail, if lifting by the tail lift it a bit and put your hand under the middle of its body before lifting it out. Don't tap on its enclosure as it could stress them out. Try to stay away from it's head, unless for diagnosis purposes or if letting someone touch it who's afraid of snakes, etc. Don't just flip it around like it's a bag of potatoes, it's a living being with a sense of balance and this will just disorient them. Don't pick them up by the head, and be gentle! If feeding, don't just reach in and grab them, that's just asking to get bit, and you don't want a big angry boa biting you! And, of course don't grab one with prey scent on your hand as they will be in feeding mode, and you will get bit.