Boas are ambush hunters. ... Depending on the size of the snake, boas may eat rodents, birds, lizards, frogs, and small to medium-sized mammals like opossums, monkeys, pigs, or deer. Some anacondas have been known to eat prey as large as a young tapir or even a caiman.

Who do boa constrictors eat?

They feed on large lizards, small or moderate sized birds, opossums, bats, mongooses, rats and squirrels. At the Smithsonian's National Zoo, they eat mice, rats and chicks.

What's the biggest animal a boa constrictor can eat?

Deer and cattle are among the largest animals snakes have been known to eat. In 2018, a Burmese python in Florida that weighed about 32 lbs.