Snakes in Hilo.?
WOW...3foot Python found in Hilo... Not the first time a snake was found in Hawaii nei, but still makes me worry about the future... SuperFerry better make sure things is type...
As well as all the other boats and planes and cargo ships and everything..............
My ohana in Guam tell me about the Brown Tree Snake...My cuzzin works federal setting traps near the airport....Hawaii don't need anykind of "SNAKES".....
We got enough in office already.......;)
As well as all the other boats and planes and cargo ships and everything..............
My ohana in Guam tell me about the Brown Tree Snake...My cuzzin works federal setting traps near the airport....Hawaii don't need anykind of "SNAKES".....
We got enough in office already.......;)
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Permalink Reply by Kekoa Kamalii on -
yeeeehaw enough with the political snakes oh yeah and the regular kind too
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Permalink Reply by TeamKowalimom on -
akkkkkkk i hate snakes. (sound like indiana jones LOL) but yah, couple years back they found a bunch of brown tree snakes on the runway here on Maui. they come in on the cargo crates from guam. hopefully they catch em all. but the one thing that the haole did (which was senseless at the time) was release mongoose in our jungle. natural predator to the snake, and we got soooooo many of those mean scavengers, the snake would not survive. i even seen one of em eat a dam chameleon. mean lil buggers. anyways, we need some mongooses in office, eat all da snakes LOLOL.
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Permalink Reply by WAIEHUS_FINEST on -
i neva hear dat one..not even in the newspaper i no tink..3 feet ..hmmm..well ill be dammned..
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Permalink Reply by WAIEHUS_FINEST on
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but you do know that a mongoose is extremely smart..they have pets called ferrets in the mainland..direct relative to the mongoose..i know of a lady who caught one while baby and raised it since..she said it thinks its from feeding it all the time that it finally allowed her to pet it..no joke..where i live its kinda cold so hardly any..but in kona , they runaround more than the rats..at a hotel like maui palms called uncle billys..there a large wooden deck that surrounds the pool and buffet dining area..we would have the comp dinner provided to construction workers while working away form home weeks at a time..but we would eat next to the pool...and could hear the mongoose fighting under the wood planks..so i tell my co worker .."brah try watch this mongoose grab this chicken from my hand...so i hold em there kinda long cause i know he was watching us long time..he first came out slow..then jumped ON the chair next to me..smelling the plates that was on the table not that close of course but actually standing on two feet smelling for a few seconds and jumping down back to the bushes..he neva take the chicken but the experience was nuts..to think that mongoose can develop contact with humans knowing and sensing no known fear. almost cocky in a way.must get choke tourist doing the same thing for how many years..i dont know ....mean for see mongooses do that...but das jus my experience. where i live these assholes rip up all my rubbish bags..and as for the politicians..they is like the mongoose..they tink they sly...but auwe! busted for suckin beers!! no can..
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Permalink Reply by Kawaipuna on -
A ball python snake that appeared to have been run over by a car in Hilo was euthanized today by the state Department of Agriculture.
The 3-foot, 8-inch snake was found on the side of the road by a Hilo woman lives on the same Lanikaula Street as the Hilo office of the state Department of Agriculture.
The woman reported the snake around 7:30 a.m. and plant quarantine inspectors who went to her home found her and several on-lookers with the snake in a plastic container.
Snakes are illegal in Hawai`i and it is not known whether the snake was being kept illegally as a pet and escaped or whether it had been in the wild.
Because of its injuries, the snake was killed.
Ball pythons can grow up to 6 feet in length but are non-venomous and common in the pet trade industry on the Mainland, agriculture officials said.
They are native to Western and West-Central Africa and are related to boas, which are also constrictors that subdue its prey by coiling around and suffocating it. Ball pythons' diet usually consists of small mammals and birds.
Snakes have no natural predators in Hawai`i and pose a serious threat to Hawai`i's environment, agriculture officials said. Many species also prey on birds and their eggs, increasing the threat to endangered native birds. Large snakes can also be a danger to the public and small pets.
Individuals who have illegal animals are encouraged to turn them in under the state's amnesty program, which provides immunity from prosecution. Illegal animals may be turned in to any state agriculture office, municipal zoo or any Humane Society with no questions asked and no fines assessed, agriculture officials said.
"A snake found roaming free is dangerous sign that they continue to be transported into Hawai`i," said Sandra Lee Kunimoto, chairwoman of the Hawai`i Board of Agriculture. "Whether intentional or unintentional, the transport of snakes poses the most significant threat to our unique environment."
Possessing illegal animals is Class C felony with penalties up to $200,000 in fines and three years in prison. Anyone with information on illegal animals should call the state's toll-free pest hot line at 643-PEST (7378).
I READ UM IN TUESDAYS NEWSPAPER...MEAN AH..!!
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