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RE: Boa-By A Long Shot!!!!!!!!

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Posted by: Jeff Clark at Wed Jan 31 21:27:06 2007   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Jeff Clark ]  
   

Russ,
....I know Boas are stronger than Burms but a big Burm has incredible strength. Those Burms that are running loose in south Florida have been known to eat some pretty big Alligators. I would think that a Boa would be as strong as a Burm that was maybe 20 or 30 percent longer.
Jeff


>>Boas are way stronger pound for pound.
>>
>>I've been told that a 10' BCC is about as strong as a 18' Burmese python
>>-----
>>Russ
>>1.0 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (Apollo)
>>1.0 Guyana Red-Tail Boa (Ares)
>>0.1 Rosy Boa (Athena)
>>
>>Melbourne, Fl

   

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