Highly venomous sea snake found on Hawaii Island beach

[HiloJulie]

It has about as much to do with Puna as your signature line.

What does this have to do with Puna?

Moderator 2??

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"...a highly venomous yellow-bellied sea snake was found on a Hilo beach..."

Thankfully who ever spotted this snake and contained it and reported it to the proper authorities was there and understood the threat and acted on it.

[leilanidude]

"...found pinned under a log at Honolii Beach"...
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They "contained it in a bucket". Why not simply kill it?

[MyManao]

Why not simply kill it?

F*cking humans.

With an attitude like yours I'd happy sacrifice you to save the snake.

[HiloJulie]

With an attitude like yours I'd happy sacrifice you to save the snake.

F*cking humans. SCHMUCKS

So, you would kill a human to save a poisonous snake.

Says all one needs to know about your attitude.

[Punatang]

The humane thing to do would be to capture it and release it in The Gulf of America.

[HiloJulie]

The humane thing to do would be to capture it and release it in The Gulf of America.

Got to hand it to you Tang. When you come up with brilliant ideas like this, credit must be justly given and rewarded.

I can't think of a better use of taxpayer dollars as well as showing the utmost humanity that we take this one snake on about a 5,000-mile journey and drop it about 1/8 of a mile off the shores of Galveston, TX in the big, beautiful Gulf of America waters with a note tied on it on it that says "From Josh Green, M.D."

[TomK]

Fascinating reactions. One person says just kill it, and the other says just kill a human being instead.

[leilanidude]

Not Puna Hawaii info

[terracore]

Iʻve always been led to believe that there are no snakes in Hawaii..

Actually.. we have a number of snakes here.. and one, the Brahminy Blind Snake which is often thought to be native, tho not it is quite docile and would rather not know you than give you grief..

From.. https://reptile.guide/hawaii-snakes/

The Brahminy blind snake is by far the most common snake in Hawaii...



But there are others.. all shown and explained at the link above.. including the Yellow Bellied Sea Snake..

They also come in this striking blue color as well.  We have both colors in upper Orchidland.  They are more common than people think.  I've always found them in the dirt.  They are known for eating ants and termites.

[HiloJulie]

The yellow-bellied sea snake was found at Honolii Beach was indeed euthanized by the Department of Agriculture, as it's deemed too dangerous to keep alive.