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Hawaii

TexasTowelie

(118,275 posts) Wed Oct 31, 2018, 06:23 AM Oct 2018

Officials recover 6-foot-long snake on Hawaii Island [View all]

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 [View all] 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