The boa constictor
Transcript of The boa constictor
By Shelley Wood
The Boa Constrictor
IntroductionA boa constrictor is a rainforest animal.
What is a Boa ConstrictorA boa constrictor is a type of snake and a
reptile.
What the Boa Constrictor eats
A boa constrictor is a carnivore (meat eater). A baby boa constrictor eats mice, birds, frogs and lizards. A fully grown one will eat small mammals like monkeys, wild pigs birds and mouth. It usually only eats once a week.
What it looks like
A boa constrictor looks like the rotten leaves on the grand and it is grey, black white, pink and brown. A boa constrictor can grow from about 3 feet to 12 feet.
A boa constrictor lives in hot tropical places and can be found in Mexico, wet tropical forests, open Savannah, deserts and South American rainforests. Some live in trees some live on the ground and some live underground. In a rainforest boa constrictors live in the emergent layer, and they also go into the canopy.
Where Boa Constrictors live
What eats the Boa Constrictor
Jaguars, large birds (such as eagles as shown in this picture) and other snakes can all eat boa constrictors.
Special features
Boa constrictors are one of the largest snakes in the world. Boa constrictors are nocturnal which means they sleep in the day and are awake at night. The boaconstrictor wraps his body around his pray before he eats it. A boa constrictor is a great swimmer. Boa constrictors are not poisonous but is just as deadly.
More Special Features
Boa constrictors ambush their prey which means that they will hide and wait for something yummy to go by and then do a surprise attack. Boa constrictors use theirflicking tongue to find a scent. When boasgive birth the baby boa mostly know all they have to know about finding food.
The Boa Constrictor Song …
I’m being swallowed by a boa constrictor,I’m being swallowed by a boa constrictor,I’m being swallowed by a boa constrictor,And I don’t like it very much
Oh no, oh no, he swallowed my toes, he swallowed my toes!Oh gee, oh gee, he’s up to my knees, he’s up to my kneesOh fiddle, oh fiddle, he’s up to my middle, he’s up to my middleOh heck, oh heck, he’s up to my neck, he’s up to my neckOh dread, oh dread, he swallowed my …GULP!
Conclusion
I like boa constrictor because they are fascinating