Global Courant 2023-05-14 07:13:06
A Central Florida deputy this week rescued a boa constrictor she saw slithering along a road.
“Snakes Alive! Deputy Sheriff Leguizamo helped find this escaped six-foot boa on Old Lake Mary Road Wednesday morning,” the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office wrote on its social media accounts.
Leguizamo turned the reptile over to a local exotic animal rescue service for “safekeeping,” the department added.
The department did not specify where the snake came from or if it was known.
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The Seminole County Sheriff’s Office found a 6-foot-tall boa constrictor on a road early Wednesday morning. (Seminole County Sheriff’s Office)
Leguizamo got fed up praise on Facebook with one commenter writing, “Sorry to admit this, but I don’t even like worms. A brave lady. Thank you for your service.”
Another joked, “She’s a real BA because cop gun or not, I don’t do snakes.”
Last December, a resident of Naples, Florida, found a 9-foot albino boa in his backyard.
Rhett Stanberry, a snake wrestler who wrote about capturing the “HUGE” reptile in a Facebook postsaid, “This Boa was as defensive as a wild Burmese python. Who knows how long it’s been eating bunnies (and probably cats) there.”
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Boas are native to Central and South America, but are commonly kept as pets in the US. According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Service Conservation Commission, boas are only located in Miami-Dade County and only have a breeding population in Florida.
Attacks by boa constrictors are rare, but last year a Pennsylvania man was killed by his pet snake.
The boa wrapped around the 27-year-old and suffocated him. Police shot the snake in an attempt to save its owner, but it succumbed to its wounds.
His cause of death was anoxic brain injury due to asphyxia from stenosis.
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Boas can live up to 30 years and grow up to 4 meters in height.
