On Nov. 16, store employees in Hilo, Hawaii, found a gopher snake wriggling around in a shipment of fresh Christmas trees ...

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 ...

A live 2-foot gopher snake was found the morning of Nov. 16 in a container of live Christmas trees at a Hilo business as it ...

In an incident right out of a holiday shopper's peculiar nightmare, a live snake was found amongst Christmas trees at a Hilo store last Saturday. Workers discovered the reptilian stowaway, a ...

Store workers in Hilo found a live, two-foot gopher snake in a shipment of Christmas trees on Saturday, Nov. 16.

COURTESY HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE HDOA has identified the 2-foot-long reptile as a non-venomous gopher snake. COURTESY HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE HDOA has identified the 2-foot-long ...