'Formidable' Boa Bundled Up After Placing Peafowl in Peril

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15 December 2023 at 11:37 am

Footage shared by Miami-Dade Fire Rescue shows how one of their specialist officers handled a huge boa constrictor that was menacing some peafowl.

The video shows Lt Christopher Pecori from the Venom One response unit wrapping up the 8ft boa, which are an invasive species native to Central and South America.

“A distress call had alerted MDFR about a sizable python on the road that was menacing a group of peafowl,” the fire service wrote on Instagram, describing how Pecori promptly found the “formidable serpent”, recognized it was in fact a boa, and captured it.

The snake was handed over to Florida Fish and Wildlife authorities. Credit: Miami-Dade Fire Rescue via Storyful

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