lol!!  This is a foolish article in a way....a snake that big is no problem whatsoever.  It won't bite.  Boa constrictors are very gentle.  I used to raise them in CA.  You just need to throw a towel over them if they are unused to you and then gently grab them behind the head.  They don't bite at all and will wrap around your hand to absorb your body heat.  Tree snakes are far different, they are nasty and always bite.  Boa's are tame most of the time.  I wish Hawaii had some better understanding of things like this.  Tree snakes from guam, etc like the brown snakes are bad, I 100% agree with that.  Actually the boas would totally eliminate the mongoose and rats in about 5 years in Hawaii if there were some to do the job.  I wish we had some parrots too here.  Too bad, there is hardly any birdlife on Oahu anymore due to the mongoose, etc.  Here ya go folks...enjoy: they are beautiful....
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