True to their name, boa constrictors squeeze the life out of their prey.

蟒蛇可是名副其实的猎物杀手。

In the book it said: "Boa constrictors swallow their prey whole, without chewing it."

这本书中写道：材“这些蟒蛇把它们的猎获物不加咀嚼地吞下。”

While in Florida, there are alligators on the fairways and boa constrictors in the suburbs.

佛罗里达州有在高尔夫球场的鳄鱼和市郊的蟒蛇。

Then I would never talk to that person about boa constrictors, or primeval forests, or stars.

所以我不再提起王蛇，或原始森林，或星星。

Then I would never talk to that person about boa constrictors, or primeval forests, or stars.

然后，我就不和他讨论巨蟒、原始森林、或者星星之类的事。

Very real boa constrictors, pythons and corn snakes are laying curled up together under a blanket, waiting for their cue to join in the class.

成群结队的红尾蚺蟒、美洲巨蟒以及玉米锦蛇都蜷缩着躺在一张毛毯下面，等待着让它们加入到课程中来的信号，这就是当今推崇的“蛇瑜伽”健身课程。

The snake, named Sanajeh indicus, lacked the wide-open jaws of modern snakes such as pythons and boa constrictors and would not have been able to swallow a whole dinosaur egg.

这种蛇被命名为Sanajeh indicus，不同于现在的蛇类它没有一个可完全打开的咽喉，比如蟒蛇，所以也就无法将整个恐龙蛋给吞入腹中。

The hardy animals tolerate urban and suburban environments quite well, and boa constrictors and northern African pythons have both been spotted in the Miami metropolitan area.

顽强的动物能极好的适应城市和郊区的环境，在迈阿密市区曾发现过蟒蛇和北部非洲蟒。

Although the study was conducted in a lowly fruit fly, the principles uncovered by Carroll's group, he argues, very likely apply to many animals, everything from butterflies to boa constrictors.

尽管这项研究是在简单的果蝇上进行，卡罗尔的研究小组发现的原则很可能适用于许多动物，从蝴蝶到蟒蛇。

In the book it said: "Boa constrictors swallow their prey whole, without chewing it. After that they are not able to move, and they sleep through the six months that they need for digestion."

书中说：“巨蟒不带咀嚼就把它的猎物囫囵吞下，然后它动弹不得，需要六个月的长眠来消化胃中的食物。”