And since b lack spiny-tailed iguanas are among the planet's speediest lizards, we're guessing this one was caught off-guard before it could make its getaway. Find Boa Constrictor Eating Exotic Animals Human stock images in HD and millions of other royalty-free stock photos, illustrations and vectors in the. A snakes jaws are very flexible, which enables them to swallow their. Man is the adult boa constrictors only enemy. Red-tail boa constrictor (Boa constrictor constrictor) eating a mouse. The finding, and boa-eating-monkey video, is noteworthy since reports of primates being eaten by predators are relatively rare, according to the study, published this month in the journal Primates. Some people own boa constrictors as exotic pets. After eating large prey, they may not eat again for a long time. For the first time, scientists have witnessed a boa constrictor attacking and eating a howler monkey.

For the most part, the snakes are killed by humans for three reasons: fear, their skin, and because they are causing havoc to a natural ecosystem. We don't know exactly how the boa got hold of its prize, but the snakes typically hunt by ambush. Unlike other predators, humans do not typically hunt boa constrictors to eat them (although, some indigenous groups do). Males of the species can reach 1.3 meters in (over 4ft) in length (females are a little smaller), so it's no wonder this dinner was taking a long time to go down. The boa had coiled itself around an impressively large meal: a black spiny-tailed iguana ( Ctenosaura similis). A group marine biology students spotted the large snake during a field trip in a mangrove conservation area in Campeche, which sits on the western coast of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, reports Newsflare. The region boasts miles of mangrove-covered coast, and is home to abundant wildlife.

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