has there ever been...

[Solid Snake]

has there ever been an incident where a Boa has killed their owner? Boa i mean BCC BCI, etc, not condas...

just curious, my friend wants one and hes got a little brother and hes afraid it might excape and have his brother for lunch ;)

[emroul]

Even if they sense our body heat, humans don't smell like rodents, so I don't see why they would want to eat one, . But who knows. That is just my logic, someone around here probably has facts on the matter.

Jennifer

[C.m.pyrrhus]

There are accounts of Boa comstrictors biting humans, of course this is an issue when smaller children would be around. I do not know, on the other hand, of any accounts of flat out 'attacks' by boas on humans. I have heard of boas that have bit and wrapped young kids before, but this is due to some fault of the kepper and not the snakes.

I would recommend your friend do some explaining to the children about the seriousness of what the snake can do. Getting a very good and secure cage is also something that needs to be looked at, locking the room the snake is caged in and other safety precautions. Boa constrictors are not all that big to kill an adult, but a large boa could kill a young child, although this is rare and only happens when suppervision is not always 'available'. I think it is something to seriously look at, but all in all is also not something that takes a major risk unless common sence is not followed through.

[Bartman]

Im pretty sure this is bs but my aunt was telling me how she heard some women had a boa for a very long time...hes was huge and it was her baby, she would sleep with it (have no idea how but) and she would spend all day with it and she said one day it was on her and just started squeezing her really tight and she almost stopped breathing and they had to kill the snake ON HER to get it off..sounds really dumb but thats what she said, anyone here bout this?? myth? bs story :)?

[Linds]

A fullgrown boa easily has the strength to kill an adult if it hits the right spot, which is why you don't go walking around with 7' snakes wrapped around your necks. People aren't natural prey items for these snakes, however mistakes can be made, or nobody would ever receive anything other than defense bites. All human fatalities that have resulted from large boids constricting them have been from pure stupidity when handling them. If there is a child in the house, make sure that the cage can be locked with a key, not just a bolt-type lock or turn key (and especially not an aquarium). There is no reason for that snake to escape a properly built, custom enclosure, but it also needs to be kiddy-proofed as well, just in case that kid doesn't listen to what he's been told ;) It's all just common sense to keep the situation safe :)