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boa constrictor
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boa constrictor
a very large snake, Constrictor constrictor, of tropical America and the Caribbean, that kills its prey by constriction: family Boidae (boas)

boa constrictor
largest of all snakes; squeezes its victims in a deadly grip. [Zoology: NCE, 317]


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So, he left his more sensitive pets behind and brought with him the 7 1/2 -foot lap-warmer, a common boa named Fuzzy Bunny.
The seven-foot common boa constrictor was stolen by a burglar who broke into the house in Bankfoot Place through an upstairs window.
The RSPCA was called to collect the brown and grey common boa and took the reptile to the vet thinking it may be in hibernation but it had already died
 
 
 
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