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The City of Portsmouth College in southern England, which cares for Ronaldo, shared in a press release that the school's researchers thought the reptile was male until Ronaldo gave birth because a veterinarian had declared the boa to be a boy.
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Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 27 June 2024
Quinlan was off for the day when a student checked on the snake, a 13-year-old six-foot Brazilian rainbow boa named Ronaldo.
—Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 26 June 2024
Normally, Booth told me, when boas are pregnant, they kind of bask in the hotter end of their tanks.
—Byrd Pinkerton, Vox, 12 June 2024
The boa passed the ball run system and collided with one of the pipes.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 17 May 2024
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Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 27 June 2024
Quinlan was off for the day when a student checked on the snake, a 13-year-old six-foot Brazilian rainbow boa named Ronaldo.
—Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 26 June 2024
Normally, Booth told me, when boas are pregnant, they kind of bask in the hotter end of their tanks.
—Byrd Pinkerton, Vox, 12 June 2024
The boa passed the ball run system and collided with one of the pipes.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 17 May 2024
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“Boa.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boa. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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