Living habits of boa constrictor
Good at climbing, can live in water for a long time, like sleeping, nocturnal, omnivorous. It likes heat and is afraid of cold, and its activity is general at 25 ℃; It is active above 30 ℃; No activity or less activity at 20 ℃; At 15 ℃, it began to be numb; When the temperature continues below 5-6 ℃, the python will die. When the room temperature rises above 35 ℃, they don't like to move; Too long exposure to strong sunlight can also lead to death, and the feeding temperature should be above 25 ℃.
The activity varies with seasons. Generally, it is inactive in winter. When the temperature rises above 25 ℃, it only appears after noon. In the spring and Autumn Festival, after sunrise activities, less activity at night. In the hot weather, they usually feed at night and often hide in the shade in the afternoon. After the high fever began to become active. In rainy days, there are few activities, and when the wind blows, they enter the cave to hide. The hibernation period is about 4 months and 5 months in cold area. Hibernation mostly uses natural caves, animal caves and rock caves.
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The predator often crawls slowly close to the prey, quickly bites it, then twists it to death, flattens it into long strips, and then secretes saliva to lubricate the food and swallow it. It can eat goats, deer, muntjacs, pigs and other animals weighing 10-15kg. It often eats rats, birds, reptiles and amphibians. The boa constrictor has a large amount of food and can swallow animals with the same or more weight at one time. This species has strong digestive power. It can digest all animals except the fur of the prey, but it can not eat for several months after satiation.
When boa constrictor catches its prey, no matter its size, it swallows it without chewing. This way of swallowing is mainly due to the special structure of their mandible. The mandible is composed of two independent parts. These two parts can move alternately. In order to eat better, the boa constrictor will open its mouth and bite the prey at the same time, then close the maxilla and mandible, and make each maxilla and mandible move alternately. If other animals attack at this time, it will immediately spit out the food that has been swallowed and run away.
