I'm not sure what everyone's point here. If this guy decided to feed his Dumerils boa a ball python intentially, would any of this matter. Apparently he was unaware that Acrantophis eat other snakes. Now he knows, accidentally. He lost a ball python instead of a rat. His husbandry wasn't bad, he was just unaware that the ball python was a potential food item. His point seems to be that he had no atttachment to the ball python, and when the boa ate it, he suffered no emothional loss. Instead he just happened to feed his boa a ball python.

And come on, if Acrantophis include snakes in their diet, then a Dumeril's boa eating a ball python will have no ill effects on the boa. They evolved to eat snakes. Its just another food item.

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