Saturday, January 17, 2009

Photo O' the Day: Gorgeous and Green

Ok, now we're back on the zoo theme. I believe that these friendly looking critters are emerald tree boas, from South America. For the non-snake loving folk among you, they could potentially remind you of eyelash vipers (one of the more famous brightly colored, arboreal snakes); however, these are non-venomous snakes that kill their prey by constriction.