Social media is chock full of stunning, colourful snakes, but now I want to highlight a few of the adorable weirdos of the snake world.
First up, Canada’s only native boa species, the Rubber Boa (charina bottae). Usually brown to greenish-grey, it’s a shy, harmless constrictor that features a tail that’s almost indistinguishable from it’s head. When threatened, they ball-up with their tail poking out to deceive attackers. Like many vulnerable ambush predators, they’re nocturnal, feeding primarily on small mammals & amphibians in the forests of southern British Columbia. Most of all, they’re adorably derpy! 
