Known Boa Constrictor at The Muggling Zoo

This boa constrictor was a large male brown snake that lived at the zoo. It escaped after the glass on its enclosure vanished.
==Biography==
This snake was bred in captivity sometime before 1991 when it was on display. This changed on 23 June 1991. After Dudley saw the snake and became uninterested, the snake came in contact with Harry Potter, a Parselmouth, who spoke to it. During the course of their conversation, he accidentally vanished the glass in front of its enclosure. The snake slithered free, leading Dudley to think it was after him. The freed boa briefly thanked Harry and told him that it was going to Brazil, the native range of its species. From there, the snake calmly slithered out of the reptile house. It is unknown if it eventually made it to Brazil or that it was possibly re-captured and put back into captivity.
==Personality and traits==
Lonely and bored, the snake found it highly annoying to have zoo visitors tap on the tank's glass front every day. He had also always dreamed of living in Brazil. He also had a rather playful side, as he made a point of snapping at the heels of panicking Muggles as he left his former prison but without intent to hurt them.Interestingly, the snake seemed to be capable of reading; when Harry asked if it missed its family in Brazil, it pointed to a sign which read "RAISED IN CAPTIVITY".
==Behind the scenes==
*In both the book and , the snake winks at Harry. In real life however, snakes are unable to wink, as they have no eyelids.
*In the film, the boa constrictor was replaced by a Burmese python.
**In the Brazilian dub, its Brazilian nationality is maintained despite its being a python.
*The boa constrictor was rumoured to actually be Nagini, but this has since been proven false, since Nagini was female, while the snake at the zoo was male. Also that Nagini had venom while Boas (and pythons) are non-venomous, using to kill their prey. This has been confirmed by J. K. Rowling on Twitter.Noooo... I thought I'd shot that one down! The escaped boa constrictor in Philosopher's Stone wasn't Nagini. It was never Nagini. That's an incorrect but very persistent fan theory! - @jk_rowling on Twitter
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==Notes and references==
Category:Males
Category:Snakes
Category:Underage Real Magic