Boa imperator, big constrictor snake, Tree boas, Corallus, Dumeril's boa, Acrantophis, booid snakes

[@milesforthemind7767]

I can honestly say I have not seen you guys produce anything but amazing videos. The natural sound setting as always delivers the nearest we get other than actually being there. Keep up the good work guys👍

[@LivingZoology]

Wow, thank you! It is not easy to keep viewers happy for a long time, so we really appreciate this :)

[@Algernon_1337]

Great video, the lack of a booming high energy commentator was refreshing. I would have enjoyed seeing a madagascariensis after the dumerili aswell.

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you very much!!! Great that you enjoyed watching :) Hopefully next time we are in Madagascar we will find more species of boas.

[@SnekNoStepOnSnek]

I know I’m gonna love this. Keep up the good work snake comrades! 👍🐍

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you and see you at the premiere!!! :)

[@lindacantwell6813]

My favorite channel on KZbin! I.was.always afraid of snakes. Now I love them thanks to your channel! They are gorgeous & essential. Thank you for bringing me into the light.

[@LivingZoology]

That means a lot for us, thank you!!! It is great that now you love snakes!!! :) And many many thanks for becoming a member!!! :)

[@ariw9405]

We need to get this channel to a million subs! I have a fear of snakes but I’m in awe of them due to the level of production and attention to detail the team has when shooting and editing these docs.

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you for your support! :) But it is a long way until even 100k subs! :D

[@Kay-lc4ku]

​@@LivingZoology Just found you & subscribed right away. These videos are beautifully crafted & perfectly showcase the unsuspected beauty, grace & unique traits of these fascinating creatures. Bravo & thank you 😊

[@LivingZoology]

@@Kay-lc4ku Thank you very much!! 🙂Welcome to our channel, enjoy watching our videos!

[@emilemontiere6128]

Beautiful video as usual. My Boa was the sweetest snake ever. So laid back, never struck, i really miss her. Thanks for the video

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you very much! We know that so many people have boas at home and they love them, so it would be very interesting to show these snakes in their natural habitat!

[@limoucheu8522]

Fantastic footage and it is a pleasure to see aglyphous snakes. I love the venomous ones but the public must know that the majority of the snakes are non venomous (Boidae, pythonisse and colubridae (with some exceptions of rear fanged). Pleasure to see the climbing capacities of boidae. Fantastic to see example of mixture of serpentine reptation and caterpillar ones, it is perfectly shows here. And surprising for me to see a boidae doing a sort of sidewinder moving. Thanks.

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you very much!!! We were happy to finally put together a video about boas from different continents. Such videos take years to film. We would love to add some booid snakes from South America in the future. The sidewinder movement was very surprising for us too! These are the things which you learn in nature and not from books and we love it.

[@limoucheu8522]

@@LivingZoology It could be an interesting study to do because it signify that it is not a question of derived forms if the the sidewinder move appears in one of the most basal trunk (boidae) of ophidians. It allows us to think that it is more a question of physical aptitude. The Boas and python are able to move in a caterpillar way as the viperidae and it is a question of muscle. I don't know any colubrid or elapid doing sidewinder move. Do you know some of these snakes doing so? I Think that the colubrid and the elapid prefer to move in a more serpentine way (move side to side with anchor some parts of the body for propulsion). If it is true it signify that we have a gap between the basal trunk of ophidians and the most derived ones (the viperidae) in terms of locomotion. It allows us to think that it is a possible answer and selected possibility to move especially on sand in a more efficient way and possibly with less energy (what is a special surface because it offers no much anchor possibilities) because of the presence of certain physical aptitudes still present in boidae. These aptitudes were evolutionary selected and then present in one of the most basal membres of the clade. It is truly fascinating. There is a really interesting study to do on it I think. All the best.

[@johnschlesinger2009]

Beautiful, as always! I have a female b.c. amarali, she's wonderful. In my youth I kept a corallus cookei, which was the bitiest snake I have ever had!

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you!!! We thought that many of our viewers keep or kept some of these snakes! They are cool!

[@fullyenvenomated757]

Missed the premiere this morning but finally got time to watch. Great video as Always. Keep up the good work 💪

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you for coming to watch even though you missed the premiere! Happy that you enjoyed!

[@Spacey7]

I can't thank you enough. I have always wanted to see Boas in the wild. I run a small reptile rescue.in the UK & see some awfully neglected snakes mostly Boas. Glad to say a lot of them make a full recovery & spend their lives with me 🐍💕🐍 Thank you again. Got any videos of Royal Pythons in the wild? 🐍🐍

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you very much! We thought that many people will be interested in footage of boas in the wild. They are so common in captivity, but seeing them in their habitat is awesome. We spent lot of time in Africa, but haven't seen a Ball python. It is so rare nowadays because of huge pressure from the pet trade.

[@alfazoologist9741]

Wow! Boas!! Amazing, I can't even wait buddy.😄

[@LivingZoology]

Great!! See you on the premiere! :)

[@alfazoologist9741]

@@LivingZoology Of course I will be there.

[@ALAPINO]

I tried watching this video with my BCI, but she was more interested in her basking tree in the corner of the room. :P

[@LivingZoology]

We understand her :D

[@ALAPINO]

@Lizard Tortilla Best of luck!

[@hi_tech_reptiles]

I love Boas! Pythons are neat too, but boas are so great. I have a Colombian BCI and want a Dumerils... And a Occidentalis, Argentine Boa... Maybe a Rosy too lol. One day I'll have a shed in my backyard with tons of captive bred reptiles! :) I also love the wild types, tho morphs can be cool, and think they both are more arboreal than we tend to think and like UVB - mine bask all the time. Just a thought, and thanks for the vid!!!

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you for watching! Boas are very interesting snakes! We want to make more videos about them.

[@mathijsvandriel9150]

I love Boas, but its more incredible to see them in their natural habitat. and as always amazing footage

[@LivingZoology]

We couldn't agree more! It is always amazing to see snakes in their habitat :)

[@dusannedeljkovic3318]

The resolution of your videos is phenomenal, Congratulations!

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you very much! We are happy that you like this video!

[@markrumfola9833]

Great videos always

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you very much!

[@JBVG1978]

Fantastic video! I'm so captivated by these snakes and seeing them in their natural habitat is the best!

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you!! We thought that it might be interesting to many people!

[@Kikematamitos]

My favorite snake

[@LivingZoology]

Thanks for watching!

[@darrellshoub7527]

GREAT FILMING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you so much!!!

[@darrellshoub7527]

@@LivingZoology i have spoken with a few adults i know who have seen this and they describe feeling suddenly converted to loosen their reigns of their fear and disgust of snakes because YOUR episode showed the undeniable beauty of the snakes you chose to cover. Wow. Now THAT is deep. That is a profound success on your part. And I was like " Okay, and ....wait till you watch some Gaboon Vipers on film. Then you will see more beauty that converts your misunderstanding of these supremely admirable members of the animal kingdom" And the list goes on. So I now look forward to your next well-crafted and well-strategized video.

[@raymondjones1601]

Thank you for making this, it was incredible and very beautiful

[@LivingZoology]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for watching our videos!

[@23zchris]

i like this channel 👍.

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you very much! 🙂

[@richardthornton3775]

Another great video, thank you. 👍

[@LivingZoology]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@owenunderwood5000]

I’ve always admired heavy bodied constrictors like these Boa Constrictors/Imperator. Their History Of Evolution have perfected the winning design of over 60 Million Years when Titanoboa was around. A great addition to the Living Zoology channel is the Green Anaconda earth’s largest Snake.

[@LivingZoology]

Yes, big constrictors are amazing animals! Hopefully we will have a chance to find and film a Green anaconda in the future!

[@HarpreetSingh-mt1lk]

This channel need atleast 5 million subscribers. They are on par to nat geo or discovery

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you very much, we appreciate this! :)

[@user-pt2zj8jp9q]

Boa.imperator.snake.amerika.i.have Picture.with.snake.boa.super.video

[@LivingZoology]

Many thanks for watching this video!

[@markrumfola9833]

Great markings on this snake.

[@LivingZoology]

Yes, we agree!

[@TarotStalker]

Awwwww it looks like my baby anubis!

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you for watching!

[@MrRichardhind7]

Excellent shots of the boas in there natural environments

[@LivingZoology]

Glad you enjoyed it!!

[@mitchmccline1614]

Amazing footage! Thanks

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you very much!

[@markrumfola9833]

Fantastic Photography Always , Awesome Crew 👌

[@LivingZoology]

Thanks a ton!!! Happy that you watched this one!

[@markrumfola9833]

Never miss your videos people.

[@chrisgroves4097]

I have a love/fear relationship with your channel. I could never shake off my fear of snakes yet I've watched all your videos as they are exceptionally well filmed. Ps: how about anacondas, the boa-cousins? KR, Chris

[@LivingZoology]

This is totally awesome! One of our main goals is to persuade people who are afraid of snakes that these animals are not so dangerous as it might seem :) So it is great to hear from you! Well, anacondas :D We still need to go to South America somewhere and hopefully we can find also the anaconda!

[@pumpkinchow]

Another great one always loved boas 👍👍

[@LivingZoology]

Thanks! 👍Boas are cool snakes!

[@pumpkinchow]

@@LivingZoology definitely cool and impressive

[@jdm8702]

I have a bunch of retics and burms but my boas are some of my favorite

[@LivingZoology]

We hope to film wild retics and burms in the future!

[@jdm8702]

@@LivingZoology that will be amazing, I will definitely watch it.

[@curlymyhero]

Living Zoology--my fave Utube channel!!

[@LivingZoology]

That is awesome, we appreciate this a lot!!! :)

[@mirakaczor9605]

Bohužel neoplývám znalostí angličtiny a guglit to v překladači se nechce, takže postrádám český komentář nebo titulky, ale jinak ty záběry jsou nádherné jako ostatně u všech vašich videí. Luxus díky,

[@LivingZoology]

Velice děkujeme!! :) Bohužel v ČR je o naši práci minimální zájem, takže jsme orientovaní na světové publikum. Ale dlouhé dokumenty děláme i v českém jazyce: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4DNf4eYp5ienbs

[@mirakaczor9605]

@@LivingZoology Já vím , taky jsem je už skoro všechny viděl. díky

[@pork-techpty3078]

Another wonderful video well done

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you very much!!!

[@maartenmulder2630]

Amazing shots once again! Is it hard to find these snakes in their habitats?

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you so much!!! We are not extremely lucky for big constrictors, for example we still haven't found a python after spending more than one year (if we count together all our trips) in continental Africa! This boa was our biggest and heaviest snake in the wild we worked with.

[@sebastianchung8112]

This one has so nice camo pattern... You guys know which one to pick as always...A+

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you!!!

[@KGisthename]

This channel is incredible!

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you very much!!! :) It means a lot!

[@KGisthename]

@@LivingZoology Very welcome

[@messono]

Amazing as always🙌 How do you become a member?

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you! At the main page in upper right corner there is a JOIN button. You click on it and there are options :)

[@montamare8116]

I love boas

[@LivingZoology]

They are awesome snakes!

[@JT-ue6hw]

You should definitely do one of the Amazon tree boa (Corallus hortulanus). Very few if any snake species exhibit such an immense variety of colors and patterns. Might be a fun challenge to document that😉

[@LivingZoology]

It would be amazing to find this snake in the wild! Maybe in the future we will have enough money to visit Amazon 🙂

[@45thdegreeMP3]

@@LivingZoology I agree, there is not enough information out there about this wonderful species &you guys have an extremely positive outlet.

[@DevaNeeramanii]

Stunning

[@LivingZoology]

Wow, we are very happy that you love our video!

[@ireignsupreme2355]

4:54 wow check this climber out ,this scene might conflict with boa pet keepers since the majority couldn’t provide a ginormous tree for them to climb and grow sanely

[@LivingZoology]

Boas are certainly good climbers! Even the big individuals!

[@luotingkun]

I think 'tree boas tend to strike a lot' is not true. For common corallus species, only Amazon tree boa likes to strike, annulatus and batesii are very calm animals, while caninus which is mostly kept species in captivity are mostly tame as well (some individual can be bitey)

[@LivingZoology]

We have experience with these animals in the field and also from the captivity. They strike a lot.

[@erickperez8770]

Bro did you see how that tree boa caught that leaf?! Amazing potential that rack keepers are depriving them of

[@LivingZoology]

Thanks for watching!

[@2l84t]

The wild Red tail is a BCC not BCI. Yes I know they've changed things I own a hybrid juvenile . Other than that 9/10.

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you very much for watching!

[@markrumfola9833]

Amazing Climbers

[@LivingZoology]

Yes, they are!

[@pavelboro]

Very nice video. 🦊

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you very much!

[@MariaMoura-tx2zl]

As Boas de Madagáscar são lindas

[@LivingZoology]

We agree, boas from Madagascar are really beautiful!

[@mathmeetsmusic]

14:30 hold up.... is that boa sidewinding? What maner of sorcery is this?!

[@LivingZoology]

Yes! We noticed this several times, big boas in the wild sometimes move like a sidewinder!

[@mathmeetsmusic]

@@LivingZoology Awesome! I'll keep a keen eye out to see if my BCI does the same Lol.

[@Plummchild]

Im pretty sure it was recently discovered that Boa Imperators do in fact have heat pits. tho it may have been after this video was in production

[@LivingZoology]

We haven’t heard about such study (and did not find any), if you saw it, please send us a link! Thank you!

[@waaahhhl2614]

This was a great video can you also do a vid on carpet pythons

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you! If we find them in the future, we will film them!

[@unstoppableExodia]

Cool video, I’m surprised it neglected to mention that anaconda are also part of the boa family

[@LivingZoology]

We haven't been to South America, so we don't have footage of anacondas. After we will find one, we will make a video about it.

[@unstoppableExodia]

@@LivingZoology that’s cool I respect that you guys capture your own footage for these videos

[@MorinoRavenberg]

Have you ever thought about a Patreon account?

[@LivingZoology]

We had Patrion, but nobody ever supported us there, now we have a membership option here on our channel.

[@waynejedynak9443]

Boas are beautiful snakes!

[@LivingZoology]

Yes they are! And it is super great to see them in their natural habitat.

[@meetabose6340]

OSUM ❤ SNAKE❤ ALMOST A HERMIT LIKE EXISTENCE & BREATHING LIKE A YOGI, HISSING WHEN ANGRY OR FEELING THREATENED! A FORCE TO B RECKONED WITH RESPECT❤

[@LivingZoology]

Thanks for watching!

[@petrnovak3445]

zdravím pravé imperatory jsem chval tak před 35 lety dnes narazit na něco čistého je problém díky s pozdravem Petr.

[@LivingZoology]

Díky za sledování! 🙂

[@robot4829]

Cool

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you!!

[@thatchris1626]

Thank you for informing how a snake hisses. how else would I know

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you for watching!!!

[@charlesbui4709]

Can Dumeril's boas also climb trees?

[@LivingZoology]

Yes, they climb well!

[@MsBerco]

Great to see this kind of snakes moving freely in their habitat. Everyone knows them from a Zoo or from keepers but seeing them stretch and move in the wild is special. Sadly Boa constrictors land in animal shelters here in Germany nowadays. Snakes should be free.

[@LivingZoology]

We thought that it would be awesome to show boas in their natural habitat :)

[@voodoodolly]

12:27 wow

[@LivingZoology]

Yes, they can climb amazingly!

[@reptilrrudy2389]

I have a pet Boa Constrictor Imperator.

[@LivingZoology]

Nice!

[@VicariousReality7]

Why are there boas on madagascar away from south america

[@LivingZoology]

South America and Madagascar were once part of Gondwana before it split into what we nowadays know as the South America, Africa and Australia.

[@ilhambudi95]

Do Malagasy boas eat lemurs?

[@LivingZoology]

Yes, they do! Thanks for watching!

[@massaroh7632]

💪💪💪💪👍🏼

[@LivingZoology]

🙏🙏🙏👍👍

[@odellcrittenden5521]

And people still claim that rack systems are better then a natural enclosure

[@LivingZoology]

We love to see snakes in their natural environment!

[@ericastier1646]

Jaguar hunt these snakes, they're top of food chain, they hunt everything.

[@LivingZoology]

Yes, but jaguars are extinct in many regions of Central America now.

[@evakusova5318]

krásné

[@LivingZoology]

Moc děkujeme! :)

[@aaronsaunders6974]

Captivity: I seen one at the zoo in Albuquerque

[@LivingZoology]

Thanks for watching!

[@Spacey7]

I'm sorry but how can you say a bite from a Boa can be very serious? That's very rare & unheard-of in my experience. Plus the part where you say it can kill a child, yes it could but hasn't! Scare mongering only causes these beautiful & gentle creatures harm. I love your videos but those two statements just feed into people's ridiculous ideas about them. 🐍💕🐍

[@LivingZoology]

A bite from a big boa can be serious because of an infection. The long teeth often break and stay in the wound. Also it is true that a huge boa might kill a child, but not an adult human, which we wanted to point out. We certainly did not want to stress people, just provide an idea about how powerful big constrictors are, so people respect them.

[@Spacey7]

@@LivingZoology I keep big Boas, rescued in all sorts of distressing conditions. My largest is 14 foot long & she's the only one that's not bitten me. I've never had any infections & believe that the anticoagulant released when they bite washes out any germs with the blood flow. They are not a novice snake but are very sweet, being fleers not fighters by nature. I still say that the hypertheticle comment about killing a child is wrong & gives people the wrong idea. They constrict to kill their food or if they are scared on rare occasions not to kill people. No case of a Boa killing a child has been proven. That's no way to get anyone to respect them just fear them & the human race usually kill what they don't understand or fear! Still loved your footage & I'm a great fan of Living Zoology. 🐍🐍💕🐍🐍

[@naokir59]

Needs a narrator

[@LivingZoology]

We also have narrated documentaries: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZjXdnWAo9l_q7s

[@charankumar389]

Next I want the green anaconda😅😊

[@LivingZoology]

Well, hopefully in the future we will have a chance to go to South America and find an anaconda :)

[@charankumar389]

@@LivingZoology cool :)

[@周闻达-g3y]

Pls make a video like this before disliking

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you for watching!

[@TerraSerpentes]

Good picture, but low information and a lot of mistakes. Boa Constricotor is not the biggest snake in america (you mean south and middle america) , its the green anaconda (not a Constrictor). No notice of the location, were you filmed the animals (i suppose Costa Rica, because i know the Boas of Costa Rica). Not a word to the 10 subspecies or the main difference to the group of constrictor to the group of imperators. Tree Boas are a own group of species,... and so on

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you for watching. Watch it again, it is written there that boa is one of the biggest snakes of Americas. We were speaking about boas in general and there is no obligation to write the filming location. This video was not intended to be about 10 subspecies. Nobody is saying that tree boas are not own group of species...

[@wkanost]

The Latin name for this variety of snake is “bitus alottus” which is a close cousin to “chokus necktie”.

[@LivingZoology]

Haha :D :D

[@colinjava8447]

Great video, but I disagree about a boa not being able to kill an adult human. Watch the Steve Backshaw video when he gets strangled... Steve is a very strong guy so could likely handle it, but most people would not be as strong as him and could pass out and die in a similar situation, especially if they are alone. There are different species/subspecies of boas, but the common boa can grow very large, over 10 feet, so can potentially kill an adult.

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you for watching. That scene is really strange. He is putting the snake around his neck. Boa, even a huge one, is not big enough to attack and normally kill an adult human. Yes, if you let a snake to be around your neck, it is a different story, not real, made just to get views.

[@colinjava8447]

@@LivingZoology Well the sort of thing that happens is that someone picks up a wild snake to play with it, the snake could bite and then start wrapping around their neck, and if all the conditions are not in your favour you could get killed. I think much more likely is for someone to mess with a venomous snake and get bitten, you hear of this quite a lot, cause its just a matter of being within striking distance.

[@sauravsmn45]

This snake is heavily trafficked in India.

[@LivingZoology]

Really? Boas are imported into India? Or you mean Indian python?

[@sauravsmn45]

@@LivingZoology sorry indian sand boa

[@ericastier1646]

can that snake theoretically win a steel arm contest with a human ? It's hissing sounds like a leaking tire. The way it moves makes me want to vomit, it's the most disgusting snake. I'd feel a need to kill it.

[@LivingZoology]

Sorry to hear that you have these feelings when you see this beautiful snake. Kids can be in danger, adults humans are safe.