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Hawaii store employees discover 2-foot snake in Christmas tree shipping container
Staff at a Hawaii store discovered a two-foot snake inside a shipping container of Christmas trees. The snake was captured and is being safeguarded in Hilo.
Christmas tree shipment in Hawaii contains slithery, alarming surprise
It's illegal to possess and transport snakes in Hawaii because if the non-native reptiles were to gain a foothold it could be devastating for native wildlife. So when a gopher snake was discovered Saturday in a shipment of Christmas trees being unloaded at a store in Hilo,
Snake found slithering inside Hawaii Christmas tree shipment
Shop workers unloading a supply of Christmas trees in Hawaii found an unexpected visitor hiding within the shipment.
Slithering 2-foot-long stowaway lurked in Christmas tree shipment, Hawaii officials say
A slithering 2-foot-long creature was found lurking in a shipment of Christmas trees to Hawaii, officials say. Workers of a Hilo store had unloaded about half of a shipment of Christmas trees the morning of Saturday, Nov. 16, when they spotted a snake, the Hawai’i Department of Agriculture said in a Nov. 20 news release.
Slithering surprise caught in Christmas tree shipment to a Hilo store
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Employees at a shop in Hilo made an unwanted discovery while unloading a shipment of Christmas trees over the weekend. Workers of the undisclosed location were about half way through unloading the container Saturday morning when they found a two-foot-long gopher snake.
Live snake found in container of Christmas trees in Hilo
State officials say a live snake was found in a container of Christmas trees as it was being unloaded for a store in Hilo over the weekend.
Snake Surprises Store Employees by Slithering Out of Fresh Christmas Tree Shipment in Hawaii
The reptile, later confirmed to be a non-venomous gopher snake, is now in the custody of the Hawaii Department of Agriculture
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