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TexasTowelie

(117,527 posts) Wed Oct 31, 2018, 06:23 AM Oct 2018

Officials recover 6-foot-long snake on Hawaii Island

HAWAII ISLAND (HawaiiNewsNow) - On the Big Island, Animal Control Officers recovered a six-foot-long snake in Keaau.

Department of Agriculture officials said they took the snake into custody on Sunday.

According to a report by the Hawaii Tribune-Herald, the snake was found at a Keaau home over the weekend.

The Herald also reports that the snake was a boa constrictor, though state officials were not able to provide many details.

Read more: http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2018/10/31/officials-recover-foot-long-snake-hawaii-island/

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Officials recover 6-foot-long snake on Hawaii Island (Original Post) TexasTowelie Oct 2018 OP

Shit... I hope they find it to have been a single smuggled pet and not hlthe2b Oct 2018 #1

Are there no snakes in Hawaii? brush Oct 2018 #2

i had always heard no samnsara Oct 2018 #3

NO... and they have been fighting for many decades to keep it that way hlthe2b Oct 2018 #4

Wow! Thanks for the info. I had no idea. brush Oct 2018 #5

hlthe2b

(106,750 posts)

1. Shit... I hope they find it to have been a single smuggled pet and not

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Wed Oct 31, 2018, 06:28 AM

Oct 2018

heralding a developing population.

I've seen what happened to Guam with the brown tree snake and how hard Hawaii tries to keep planes and ships from bringing in "stowaways"... Snake introduction would just be devastating.

brush

(58,018 posts)

2. Are there no snakes in Hawaii?

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #1)

Wed Oct 31, 2018, 06:39 AM

Oct 2018

samnsara

(18,300 posts)

3. i had always heard no

Reply to brush (Reply #2)

Wed Oct 31, 2018, 06:49 AM

Oct 2018

hlthe2b

(106,750 posts)

4. NO... and they have been fighting for many decades to keep it that way

Reply to brush (Reply #2)

Wed Oct 31, 2018, 06:53 AM

Oct 2018

To be absolutely accurate, in case we have a resident herpetologist, there are no native snakes on Hawaiian Islands. There is, however, a tiny earthworm- like snake (the Hawaiian Blind snake) that originated from the Philippines and is among the world's tiniest snakes. It feeds on termites and ants, is nonvenomous and thus really more earthworm than snake at only six inches or so)..

brush

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5. Wow! Thanks for the info. I had no idea.

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #4)

Wed Oct 31, 2018, 07:01 AM

Oct 2018

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