Hangin' Out -- Emerald Tree Boa at California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California
by Darin Volpe
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Hangin' Out -- Emerald Tree Boa at California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California
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Darin Volpe
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Photograph - Photography
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This Emerald Tree Boa was at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco.
The emerald tree boa is found in the South American rainforest. Adults grow to six feet in length and live about fifteen years in the wild. They live primarily in the trees and rarely descend to ground level. To rest, they grip a tree branch with their tail and wrap the rest of the body around it.
This Emerald Tree Boa was at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco.
The emerald tree boa is found in the South American rainforest. Adults grow to six feet in length and live about fifteen years in the wild. They live primarily in the trees and rarely descend to ground level. To rest, they grip a tree branch with their tail and wrap the rest of the body around it.
The California Academy of Sciences is one of the largest natural history museums in the world. Located in San Francisco, California, it houses over 26-million specimens. It is California's oldest operating museum and research institution for the natural sciences, having been started in 1853. It moved to its permanent location in Golden Gate Park in 1916. The buildings suffered significant damage in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake and in 2008 they were replaced by a new 400,00 square foot building.
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October 9th, 2016
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