Killer boa on the loose in Australia

[richardhind1972]

Just saw this on the news app and thought I'd share it
(Roll eyes) looks like someone has illegally let loose a monster boa in Sydney.don't how they smuggled one in with there security, just hope they find it without someone killing it first
From Discover on Google https://www.theguardian.com/environm...ake-skin-found

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[ladywhipple02]

Seriously? They're afraid of Boas in Australia?? Lol, I'd be way more concerned about the endemic snakes around there than a little ol' boa... the biggest concern might be invasion, but, again, I'd think the competition would be enough to keep it under control. Yeesh.

[richardhind1972]

Seriously? They're afraid of Boas in Australia?? Lol, I'd be way more concerned about the endemic snakes around there than a little ol' boa... the biggest concern might be invasion, but, again, I'd think the competition would be enough to keep it under control. Yeesh.

I know that's what I thought, someone gonna get a whopping tho for having it
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-50039293
According to this news item, the average length is 3m on this monster snakes
You'd think with the amount venomous snakes that they have, it's the least of there worries


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[MarkL1561]

Wow, that’s pretty stupid. So... they’re concerned about a boa eating a kid, which has never been recorded, over getting bit by a venomous snake? Average length of 3 meters or 9.8 feet? Yeah.... no. People are afraid of the dumbest things.


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[Ella_S]

Ugh, I hate when things like this happen. We had a small cobra on the loose here in germany recently and everyone was so panicked, even though the poor thing couldn't possibly get too far. And now the idiots are breathing down the reptile community's collective neck again. Yeah, suuure, one of my little ball pythons potentially escaping their terrarium is a 'potential safety hazard'.
But there are people now petitioning to include all kinds of snakes (including like, cornsnakes, smh.) in the laws for dangerous animals, which would make it so much harder to keep them, especially in an apartment building. I wish people would just stfu instead of blowing up every little baby snake escape like it's a f*cking dragon .

[ladywhipple02]

I know that's what I thought, someone gonna get a whopping tho for having it
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-50039293
According to this news item, the average length is 3m on this monster snakes
You'd think with the amount venomous snakes that they have, it's the least of there worries


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They have scrub pythons and carpet pythons and olive pythons... all species that get quite a bit longer than a boa. I looked them up and they're not endemic to the area around Sydney, but I'd still think Australian wildlife authorities would know Proving that sensationalist news isn't just an American thing.

[cletus]

Def worse things to be worried about in Australia. lol

[Bogertophis]

... just hope they find it without someone killing it first ...

Sadly I have a hunch it will be treated like the invasive pythons in the Florida Everglades...killed? Hope I'm wrong.

[richardhind1972]

Sadly I have a hunch it will be treated like the invasive pythons in the Florida Everglades...killed? Hope I'm wrong.

Sadly I think that's what will happen too

Not even supposed to have a non native snake in Australia except for zoo's, so someone will get in trouble when they find out where it escaped from.

Guess it will be like a scene from monsters Inc in the bio hazard suit's when the human girl comes thru the door and they find. A sock

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[CloudtheBoa]

The size of snake varies on the article..this one is 2.5m, another one I read it was 3m....if the shed skin is 3m, the snake isn't 3m. Ime, snake skins stretch on average 30-40% of the snake's length, but I've seen them stretch much bigger, and smaller. My 6'7" boa shed recently, and his skin measured in at 9'1.5"...talk about fearmongering. lol That snake is probably somewhere between 6'-7', that's not massive at all.