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Article: Big Island snakeskin puzzles officials

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October 14, 2006
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HOOKENA, Hawaii » State officials have confirmed that a snakeskin found Monday on Hookena Beach in South Kona was shed naturally by a harmless garter snake, but they cannot figure out how it got there.

Garter snakes, which are not poisonous, can grow up to 5 feet long, but the skin found at Hookena Beach was shed by one about 2 feet long, said Domingo Cravalho, of the state Department of Agriculture.

On the mainland, garter snakes live near marshes and freshwater streams, Cravalho said. Neither type of waterway is found in dry South Kona. Garter snakes do not like salty areas such as a beach, he said.

After looking around the area ...

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