Quote Originally Posted by Beardo View Post
I knew the guy who was killed by the Retic in Indiana (his name was Patrick Von Allmen). He was a member of the KY Herp Society and his demise was very unfortunate.

As far as intelligent snakes go.....I think the term "intelligence" should be used relatively when speaking about snakes. The species with the most reputation for being "smart" are Retics, Scrubs and various Elapids. I don't think I would ever associate a Boa Constrictor with being even semi-intelligent. Pure and simply, they are dumb as rocks lol.
Boa constrictors are not dumb whatsoever...some may be just like humans...but i keep over 20 boas and 2 retics and 8 ball pythons and i've noticed that out of the three ball pythons seem to be the dumbest...i do have two that are about the same as boas, but i haven't had a boa dumb enough to try to climb a side of their tub and fall over backwards because they go to far. I personally think retics are the smartest.