Emerald Tree Boa At Henry Vilas Zoo

This is a shorts video. This is the Emerald Tree Boa at Henry Vilas Zoo in Madison, Wisconsin. There are two of them. Enjoy!

Facts about Emerald Tree Boas:

1. Bright green camouflage. Their vibrant green color with white or yellow markings help them blend into the rainforest canopy, making them nearly invisible to predators and prey.

2. Incredible fangs. They have some of the longest fangs of any non-venomous snake, which help them grab and hold onto struggling prey.

3. Tree-dwelling expert. As an arboreal species, they spend most of their lives coiled around tree branches, waiting to ambush prey.

4. Masters of ambush hunting. They strike quickly at birds, bats, and small mammals, using their heat-sensitive pits to detect warm-blooded prey in the dark.

5. Non-venomous constrictors. Like pythons and anacondas, emerald tree boas kill their prey by coiling around them and squeezing until they suffocate.

6. Similar to green tree pythons. Though they look almost identical to green tree pythons from Australia, they are not closely related. It is an example of convergent evolution.

7. Live birth instead of eggs. Unlike many snakes, emerald tree boas give birth to live young (usually 5 to 20 at a time), which are born in shades red, orange, or yellow and turns green as they mature.

8. Found in the Amazon Rainforest. They inhabit the dense tropical rainforests of South America, mainly in Brazil, Peru, and Columbia.

9. Slow but strong. While they are not fast-moving, they have powerful muscles that allow them to grip tightly onto branches and prey.

10. Rarely come to the ground. They spend almost their entire lives in trees, only descending when absolutely necessary, like for drinking water from rivers.

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