My mom had a special visitor today.

[Bogertophis]

Thanks, I kinda wish all the stranded boas in the area end up in my mom's backyard for their safety.. there's a lot of deforestation going on right now so I think that's why boas and other animals are showing up in random places. It's very unfortunate.

So do I...but I REALLY wish people (governments!) would take a step back & realize how much we NEED the natural UN-DEVELOPED areas in our countries...we are ALL
guilty of "allowing" unmitigated greed from corporations, to the detriment (possible downfall via climate change, air pollution, loss of biodiversity, etc) of life on earth.
It's NOT "O.K." & we humans are NOT immune from the effects of that destruction (including wars). ......... Can we (humans) evolve fast enough (NOW!) to
stop & reverse the damage to our planet? If ever we needed the right (intelligent!) leadership, it's now. What's going on in many places (U.S. too) is UNACCEPTABLE!

And it's certainly NOT inevitable. Not if we care, so do we??? We are all here on this forum because we care about snakes & other animals but there's a "big picture" we
must not ignore. Much as I love it when wild creatures end up in my yard, I do NOT love the reason they are there...that all too often their natural habitat has been
destroyed by man's inhumanity to nature.