What do boas prey on in the wild, and what preys on them?
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Boas in the wild
jtibbett
Oct 13, 2005 05:10 PM
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Chris Olson
Oct 13, 2005 11:17 PM
Prey on - Birds, rodents, small primates.
Preyed upon by - People.
Chris O
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joeysgreen
Oct 15, 2005 03:41 AM
I'm sure there's more that would love a juicy constrictor than people. Top predators in the area would include the jaguar, ocelot (for smaller boas), caiman, other crocodilians, and whatever large bird of prey happens to call South and Central america home.
Ian
ps, don't forget about those pesky parasites. It seems like the closer to the equator you get, the more damn bugs there are !
jtibbett
Oct 15, 2005 09:52 AM
Why are they so big around? What I mean is that some north American snakes, black rat snakes for example, eat the same prey with the exception of primates, and have, or while they were evolving would have had, roughly the same predators to fend off. Meaning, foxes or coyotes or bobcats or something in place of ocelots, and mountain lions in place of jaguars. So, why did rat snakes up here stay so small, and boas get so big? What makes that adaptive?
