Alviso Favorites

Favorite thing: It was not until the precursors primates of Homosapians began to eat high protein diets of meat, that their brains began to grow and develop. Once brains began to get larger and more wrinkled, then they begin the ability to self-actualize into animals that has the ability to choose not to eat meat. (i.e. vegetarian) Ironic.

Regardless, these guys need all the help they can get, there’s not much brain in that head. It’s all brainstem and jaw muscles.

Favorite thing: Jaws are unlocked, and slowly “walked” up the snakey-cake. And then uses his body like an accordion, crunching itself up, crabbing the food with the back of the its neck, and then stretching out the upper neck/head until the whole thing is engulfed.

Favorite thing: Once the snake feels its food is ready for consumption, it will
.1 release his teeth from the prey
.2 look around to see if the coast is clear, (read: when feeding they are in the greatest state of vulnerability to predators)
.3 brush its chin up and down the food, to make sure which side goes down first, by the direction of fur. (A “breach feeding” can be bad.)

Favorite thing: I feed the rats dead for two reasons: 1) humanity (as odd as that sounds) 2) and rats with large rat teeth can be harmful to the snake. (read: visits to the vet for snake stitches would not be fun) This rat was pre-killed by me. I can only guarantee a quick and painless act, but spare you the details

Favorite thing: most boas have poor eyesight; this one takes after his momma. Unbelievable eyesight for a boa. Bombs away!!! With snake food this close, he could be blind as a bat.

One quick smell, then….BAMMMMM!!!!!

Favorite thing: there are Jamaican boas, they are about the size of Hogg Islands. About the only info I found on Rat Trap Jamaica is that it is about 20 miles south of Montego Bay and it is over 1000ft elevation.

30 minutes later, he’s very chill. I grabbed him without even a flinch. (also without pictures, dropping, or food in the house)

Favorite thing: To further support my case on keeping this on a traveling website, while eating my carne asada taco, the “Travel Channel” was showing an African Rock Python eating a grown gazelle (you guessed it) in Africa. These can be human eaters. I hope the baby is taking notes.

Favorite thing: yup. I’m in trouble. I tried taking a pic while grabbing for him. He was “slightly dropped”, the camera flash pissed him off, he now smells the food – This is what we call a “strike position.” He was not faking it. I’ve never seen him this piszed off before, hissing and striking, flopping his tail. Even rising up like a cobra! Cool…