My question is: Why Boa constrictors? They aren't giants. With the approximate girth of blood pythons and lengths like carpet pythons, they are impressive but not horribly big. Only one death has been associated with this species as a pet, and the guy was just asking for it. (Anybody who bounces a boa on a trampoline then wraps it around their neck just deserves a Darwin award as much as the guy going down a stairway in a wheelchair.)
The current targets are Green Anacondas, Reticulated Pythons, the anacondas nobody keeps anyway, and a particular focus on Boa constrictors, with Carpet Pythons, Scrub Pythons, and Blood pythons probably next in line, what with their large sizes and "aggressive" reputations.
Burmese Pythons are apparently downright evil, and African Rock Pythons are the new villain on the scene.
Any snake known as large, by the way, is simply an opinion, because to some people, anything that isn't a Ringneck or Blind Snake is a large snake. Gopher, king, and corn snakes? Yeah, they're apparently big too. Just wait for America to be some big damn blanket banning country, where you can't have anything but some freak prissy dog.


Quote Originally Posted by BWyant View Post
Makes you wonder what they had to say about domesticating dogs and cats 5,000 years ago.
Conservation wasn't a concept until about 150 years ago.