(1) Boa
(a) Eric Moskowitz, Sinuous cause of search on T is rider’s lost snake. Boston Globe, Jan 7, 2011.
http://www.boston.com/community/pets/articles/2011/01/07/lost_snake_on_a_train_causes_red_line_delay/
("The T does not expressly prohibit snakes. Guide dogs and other service animals are allowed at all hours, while nonservice pets are allowed only during off-peak hours. Dogs should be well behaved and properly leashed, while small domestic animals must be carried in lap-size containers and kept out of the way of exits, according to T policy.")
Note: T is short for Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay_Transportation_Authority
(the public operator of most bus, subway, commuter rail and ferry systems in the greater Boston area; Officially a "body politic and corporate, and a political subdivision" of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts)
(b) Owner uses Craigslist ad to seek snake. Boston Globe, Jan 8, 2011.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/01/08/owner_uses_craigslist_ad_to_seek_snake/?camp=obnetwork
(c) Neal J Riley, Snake on a train, bashful for weeks, slips out, is snared. Boston Globe, Feb 4, 2011.
http://www.boston.com/community/pets/articles/2011/02/04/snake_on_a_train_bashful_for_weeks_slips_out_is_snared/
Note:
(i) English surname Moorhouse is variant spelling of Morehouse (Old English mor/moor marsh)
(ii) bashful (adj): "socially shy or timid" www.m-w.com
(2) Wild Turkey
(a) Eric Williams, Centerville turkey chases mail truck. Cape Cod Times, Jan 27, 2011 (video clip).
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110127/NEWS/101270317
(b) Ethel Kennedy (born 1928, widow of Robert F. Kennedy) came out to claim that the turkey was hers.
Gayle Fee and Laura Raposa with Megan Johnson, Ethel K: That's My Turkey. Boston Herald, Feb 4, 2011 (title in the print).
http://bostonherald.com/track/inside_track/view.bg?articleid=1314269
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Wild rescue on the Charles. Boston Herald, Feb 2, 2011.
http://bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1313779
(a coyote on the floe)
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