Snakes in Hawaii!

Contrary to popular belief, there is one species of snake found in the Hawaiian Islands. It's the harmless Brahminy Blind Snake which was introduced in the 1980's and is easily mistaken for an earthworm.

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Pets & Animals

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• Hawaii
• Brahminy
• Blind
• Snake

[xb90]

These do actually have eyes which are covered with scales and only allow them to differentiate light from dark.

The really strange thing is that they are all considered to be female and reproduce by Parthenogenesis (check out details on Wikipedia).

[xb90]

These little guys are really cool - the first time I saw one, I thought it was some hyper-active earthworm. If you look very closely, you can see a tiny forked tongue flicker about "tasting" the air. Their scales are so minuscule that the body looks like a smooth, shiny skin. They are totally harmless and the mouth is actually so small, you need a magnifying glass to see it.

[budkiskaimana]

OAHU HAS SNAKES ITS JUST NOT BIG LIKE REGILER SNAKES !!! ITS KALLED HAWAIIAN SNAKES !!! N YEESH Y DA FK WUD YHU BRING SNAKES 2 HAWAII WAT LIKE GET BIT ON DA ASS WTF LEAVE DEM OUT OF HEA !!!!!!!

[PokemonArceus107]

if ur on oahu, u should b arrested cuz snakes are illegal in oahu.

[shyheim333]

looks like worms

[KILLERBUNNEY666]

@SEz610i oh cool

[SEz610i]

@KILLERBUNNEY666 ya,end up it start to eat antz larvae that i found in my hostel kitchen (their colony is under a green tea bottle) i purposely dont wanna chase those ants away just so that i can easily steal larvae, haha. But i let the snake go when college break and i went back to my hometown, cause snake cant board on plane, n will be no 1 taking care of him when im not around

[KILLERBUNNEY666]

@SEz610i did you find a way to feed it or let it go?

[giegie92]

lol

[uberTRAV]

Ho shet. My friend found one in a parking lot. I was like shit, that aint a snake fool. He was right I guess.

[SEz610i]

I caught 1 but I donno what to feed it with. I tried ants larvae but it doent eat. And i cant find termites nearby, I hope i can keep this snake.

Any idea what else i can feed it with???

Suggest something that i can look for easily... thanks... =)