Seriously, I think you're right, they'd die on the spot if they even saw a 20fter, let alone had to fight one off with a truck and bullets! LOL!
I wonder in these situations, what would those big tough guys think if I had been there and walked right up, taken ahold of the boa, reassured them, and walked off with it??? I have males that big!! I have females that are around 10 feet and as thick as my thigh! Before that snake had been mortally wounded, (ie- ran over and then shot) it probably would have been easy to restrain, even by a smaller statured young gal like myself.
The half-cocked way these folks dealt with this boa disappoints me. I would think even an officer would know to call animal control first thing and use the gun as a last resort. However, he probably thought it could be venemous! ;p Even my boyfriend, who is not a boa fanatic like myself, looked over my shoulder and was shocked at the article. "That's a boa isn't it?" I was very proud of him, being able to tell from a little picture that it was NOT a burmese python... so what is a petstore doing NOT knowing that I wonder... wonders never cease! LOL!
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Steph S.
Boas...
1.1 Albino boas (Loki & Hope)
1.4 07 Het. albino boas (Petty & Lady,Sierra,Madeline,Lola)
0.1 Reverse stripe poss. het albino (Cookie)
0.1 Salmon/hypo (Scarlet)
0.1 Anery poss. het snow (Missy)
1.0 Anery (Reno)
1.0 Probable Super Salmontine(Kahn)
0.1 DH Sunglow (Bonnie)
1.1.1 Hypo het anery
1.0.1 Het. Anery (Guy & ?)
0.3 Normals (Ophelia, Sasha, & Lulu)
1.0 Surinames (Solomon & Surreal(deceased)
1.3 Hog Isles (Mr.Orange & Peaches, Tang.)
0.0.1 Central American (Sassy)
0.1 Emerald Tree boa (Jade)
1.0 ATB (Satan... seriously!)
Pythons...
2.1 GTPs (B., Monty & Jewel)
0.0.3 BPs (MJ, Precious, Houdini)
1.1 Carpet Pythons (Jackson & Charlotte)
0.1 Blood python (Akaia)
Misc.
1.1 Mandarin Ratsnakes (Jack & Jill)
1.0 Boxer/Pitt Mutt (Tyson)

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