Photo by Derek Ramsey (Wikimedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nIf you want to witness this beautiful snake in the wild then you may want to practice climbing trees at night. \u00a0Yes, the Emerald Tree Boa is active during the night and spends the majority of their time amongst the foliage of the wonderful rain-forest trees. \u00a0The funny thing is, their day time and night time behaviour is not very different from each other. During the day, they will coil up on a branch and keep their head positioned at the center of the coil. \u00a0Once night falls, these Boa’s will remain in a coiled position on their favourite branch, however, their head will now be aiming downwards. \u00a0Apparently, this is their striking position as they will stay like this until a small mammal, lizard or frog happens to wander below them. \u00a0This is a huge mistake for the prey since the Emerald Tree Boa is incredibly quick and very proficient at capturing their meals.<\/p>\n
See if you didn’t keep reading, you would have never known that a coiled Tree Boa with their head aiming down means they are looking for lunch. \u00a0Aren’t you glad you fulfilled your promise? Well, I guess I can let you go now. \u00a0Enjoy the rest of your day and I will see you tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Howdy Animal Fans! I hope you are prepared for a fun-filled adventure into one of the most diverse landscapes on Earth. \u00a0That’s right, we are taking a trip to Antarctica…….nah, I am just teasing! Obviously we are going deep into the Rain-Forest where we will discover many unique animals including the Emerald Tree Boa. \u00a0Now I know how much all of you love snakes but I promise this will be an interesting animal species. \u00a0Besides, it is also good to know which snakes are deadly when walking through the rain-forest. So is the Emerald Tree Boa deadly? \u00a0Well, I <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4024,52],"tags":[348,1989,1580,1987,4025,1991,1990,1988],"yoast_head":"\n
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