Hawaii store employees discover 2-foot snake in Christmas tree shipping container

Employees of a store successful the Aloha State were successful for a slithering astonishment aft a two-foot snake was recovered wrong a shipping instrumentality of Christmas trees sent to the island.

Staff astatine a Hilo, Hawaii, store spotted the ample reptile portion they were halfway done unloading a instrumentality of holiday trees Saturday, according to a quality merchandise from the Hawaii Department of Agriculture (HDOA).

The stunned employees acted rapidly and unopen the container, successfully preventing the astonishment snake from settling successful connected the island.

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Gopher snakes tin turn up to 7 feet and termination their prey, specified arsenic tiny birds and rodents, by constricting and suffocating them. (Hawaii Department of Agriculture )

Inspectors from HDOA's Plant Quarantine Branch arrived and rapidly captured the slithering reptile, which they aboriginal identified arsenic a nonvenomous gopher snake. 

Officials searched done different trees successful the instrumentality but did not find immoderate different snakes.

In a photograph from the agency, the speckled snake was spotted pursuing capture. The bureau said the snake is being held successful Hilo and volition beryllium safely moved to Honolulu.

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Fresh Christmas trees are regularly shipped to the Hawaiian islands for the holidays. (iStock)

Gopher snakes tin turn up to 7 feet and termination their prey, specified arsenic small birds and rodents, by constricting and suffocating them, according to HDOA.

In Hawaii, snakes bash not person immoderate earthy predators, and they whitethorn beryllium a menace to endangered autochthonal birds, humans and tiny pets. 

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People aquatics disconnected Waikiki Beach connected the Hawaiian land of Oahu successful Honolulu. (Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

In a statement, Sharon Hurd, chairperson of HDOA, thanked the employees for their speedy actions.

"Although Plant Quarantine inspectors unfastened each instrumentality of Christmas trees and wreaths that get and behaviour an inspection, we bash not person the resources to inspect each point successful each container," Hurd said. "We admit the store staff’s speedy containment of the snake and our Hilo staff’s speedy response."

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According to the agency, Hawaii has received much than 45,000 Christmas trees and wreaths successful astir 88 containers. A full of 135 containers are expected to get this season, according to HDOA.

HDOA did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's petition for comment.