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While the Madagascar Tree Boa is typically a nice green colour – to blend in with their tree top home – this is not always the case. Interestingly enough, when these little snakes are born they have a bright red colouring. Although we don’t know exactly why these snakes are born this way but the best theory suggests that this bright red colouring would help the young snakes mimic the colourful flowers found throughout their habitat. This theory would make sense as the larger, adult Madagascar Tree Boa would have a difficult time convincing others that they are a 6 foot long flower, so it is probably best for them to work with the standard green camouflage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
As the calendar rolls over, we find ourselves still exploring the impressive African island of Madagascar. Today, our target is the stunning, albeit, somewhat scary (if you don’t like snakes) Madagascar Tree Boa. Yes, this non-venomous boa constrictor lurks throughout the forests of the infamous island…at least for now. Unfortunately, this snakes population is decreasing rapidly and as such they have been listed as “Endangered”. The major cause for the decline in their population is the usual culprit – habitat destruction, Believe it or not, the forest home this boa loves to slither through has been reduced by 85% as <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6703,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4024,52],"tags":[348,3233,285,3232,4025],"yoast_head":"\n
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