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Engraving of a huge boa constrictor attacking a horse and rider in a tropical forest, with a man fleeing at left.

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Boa Constrictor Seizing a Government Messenger, by W. Daniell, William Daniell (1833), Wikimedia Commons. Via artnap.com

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An engraved print shows a large snake coiled around a rearing horse and rider within a dense tropical forest, while a man on foot runs away at left. Through the trees at right, a distant coastline and mountain are visible. The work is titled Boa Constrictor Seizing a Government Messenger, by William Daniell, dated 1833.

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