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Malaga

Updated Tuesday, February 20, 2024-11:21

Members of the

Malaga Local Police

have recovered a large boa constrictor imperator snake that, presumably, had been abandoned.

The events took place around 2:00 p.m. last Tuesday, February 6. A group of cyclists, who were traveling along the Cortijo Campanillas road, found the ophidian between the road on which they were traveling and some cypress trees that delimited a piece of land in the area, and were surprised by its large dimensions.

For this reason, they telephoned the

Campanillas District Neighborhood Police Headquarters

of the Malaga Local Police informing them of the discovery, remaining at the scene until the arrival of a team of local police officers from the area.

Once there, the local police officers verified that the snake was lethargic, not offering resistance or appearing aggressive, the Local Police reported in a statement.

Thus, with the help of a citizen who runs a pest control company, the animal was captured, which was placed in a cardboard box, where it was secured to prevent its escape.

Immediately afterwards, the local police proceeded to transfer it to the aforementioned police stations, where agents from the Nature Protection Group (Gruprona)

of the Police Force itself appeared, after being notified

, and took charge of it.

The local Gruprona police placed it in a carrier and took it to the offices of the

Municipal Animal Protection Center of Malaga (Cepam)

where its length was verified, which reached 2.30 meters, although it could still grow longer, as well as that it was a female specimen.

The snake was deposited in the CEPAM offices, where arrangements are being made for its transfer to a refuge for exotic species from which they have been interested in taking care of it.

Boas are snakes that kill their prey by wrapping their body around them, hence their Latin term constrictor. Some of the largest snakes in the world, such as the anaconda, also belong to the boa family.

Its natural distribution region extends from northern

Mexico

, passing through all of Central America to South America. Boas usually live near bodies of water, being settled in different habitats: humid tropical jungles such as the Amazon jungle, dry savannahs, scrublands and tropical mountain forests.