Boa constrictors are known for squeezing their prey until they are out of breath and can no longer breathe. A recent study shows that boa constrictors do not suffocate their prey, but “break their hearts.” These snakes squeeze down on their preys blood circulation until it stops. Most animals cannot live without fresh oxygen to the heart and brain, therefor boa constrictors kill their prey by squeezing them to cut off their blood supply so the heart and brain starve. That means the famous method that boas kill their prey by preventing them from breathing is a myth. Scott Boback is an animal ecologist and a professor at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pa. Boback explains to his students that boas are extraordinary hunters, that they do not
