tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9201778738606227644.post1942459370567480186..comments2023-04-13T04:46:39.966-04:00Comments on The Kruse Chronicles Continue in Cocoa, Florida: Food and Surprise (big one) in the Yard at Night!Jeff and Katrina Krusehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02471956754496100265noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9201778738606227644.post-11287544163660076502009-07-05T15:37:06.883-04:002009-07-05T15:37:06.883-04:00The Puerto Rican Boa is not harmful to humans (tho...The Puerto Rican Boa is not harmful to humans (though it can bite--non-venemous), according to research I did when I saw one on our property in Maunabo killing a lizard. It is too small. I was hoping this would turn out to be a "released pet" that you might be able to trap and turn over to the "authorities" (yeah, right). But from what Ham says, there may be more of them! Oh dear, now I too am worried about the kitties. There was a story recently about a pet boa or python that killed a sleeping baby in Florida. FranFran and Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03936163125093417362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9201778738606227644.post-69749127176211401772009-07-04T21:50:17.823-04:002009-07-04T21:50:17.823-04:00WOW, Big surprise indeed! It is a gorgeous snake,...WOW, Big surprise indeed! It is a gorgeous snake, but I'm afraid it is not native. Rumor has it that these boa constrictors escaped from the Mayagüez zoo and reproduced in the wild. Some have been caught in Barrio Miradero in Mayagüez behind the UPR. I used to see them as a kid for sale in our local pet shops. I actually wanted one as a kid, but my dad refused. He used to say that it was a matter of time before the boas would outsmart their owners and escape. A bigger one was killed and found laying dead over the little bridge just down from your drive way before you moved. You could call the Departamento de Recursos Naturales, but in my opinion these people were the brilliant ones who let all these tropical exotic animals be introduced through the pet shops without realizing that one day they too could become part of the PR ecological mix (along with the caymans, etc.). This one is not the native Puerto Rican Boa which I heard is in danger of extinction. Here is some info about the native PR boa (with a picture):<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rican_Boa<br /><br />I’m afraid that one day the kittens might become its primary objective indeed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9201778738606227644.post-90416674138120123382009-07-03T21:29:34.826-04:002009-07-03T21:29:34.826-04:00So was that a Puerto Rican Boa? I didn't know...So was that a Puerto Rican Boa? I didn't know they were also on that side of the island. But what else could it be? FranFran and Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03936163125093417362noreply@blogger.com