Britannica1768: The Boa Constrictor

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Britannica1768: The Boa Constrictor

<img src="http://media-1.web.britannica.com/eb-media/79/119879-004-E87D91F1.jpg" alt="" width="260" height="192" align="right" />The boa constrictor is one of a genus of serpents, belonging to the order of amphibia. When it lays hold of animals, especially any of the larger kinds, it twists itself several times round their body, and, by the vast force of its circular muscles, bruises and breaks all their bones. Step inside for more on the boa constrictor entry from the first edition of the <em>Encyclopaedia Britannica</em>.

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