Venus, a 30-kilogram female red-tail boa constrictor is shown in this undated handout photo. However, he said if a fully grown boa constrictor is disoriented or injured it can bite and cause injury, though it's unlikely to view its captors as prey. Jenette Blanchard of the Wild World store on Humber Street in Corner Brook says the female red-tail boa constrictor was taken out of her enclosure by intruders. The manager said she believes the snake was taken by someone who was aware of the snake and wanted to take her away from the shop. Blanchard said over the past five days the boa had been unwilling to eat the frozen rats offered as feed.

Source: thestar May 20, 2016 10:47 UTC