Boa versus Porcupine

[Edwin]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=817&ncid=757&e=10&u=/ap/20040115/ap_on_fe_st/brazil_boa_constricter

[mark129er]

Wow, a happy ending! Usually when you read an article like that it ends with "and the snake was killed."

[snakehunter]

since when do boa canstrictors have green and yellow skins.......... i want a yellow one

[RachelS.]

maybe they meant anacondas??

[BoAddict]

thats what id say to rachel
technically it is a boa

[Edwin]

Yeah, I thought they were talking about anacondas in the article.

Just curious, CAN a snake swallow a porcupine? Or would the quills prevent that? I would imagine it would be almost impossible for a snake to constrict a porcupine without hurting itself, let alone eating one.

[ScreamingMisfit]

deffinatly an Anaconda

[Lisa]

All i can say is OUCH!

[TheRedDragon]

Yikes! Glad to hear the snake lived.

[Soul_Reaper]

Originally posted by RachelS.
maybe they meant anacondas??

Anacondas are not found in Rio De Janeiro...or anywhere in the southeast regions of brazil i believe.

I am from Sao Paulo - Brazil, i didn't even know that people in Rio were still capitalizing on snake skin, that sounds weird to me.