I should have read more of the piece that I referenced. A TV program I
saw within the past year or two I thought stated that the Brown tree
snake did have a breeding population within Hawaii. The official word
from Hawaii's department of land and resources, however, says otherwise
or rather that they don't think so. No way to know for sure short term.
Chuck Norcutt
Joel Wilcox wrote:
> They make it so. When a snake is found among cargo from Guam, it
> makes the news locally. People want to know that it has been removed.
>
> Joel W.
>
> On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 1:00 PM, Chuck Norcutt
> <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Ah, I'm sure the Hawaiians wish that it were so...
>> <http://www.state.hi.us/dlnr/Snake.html>
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> Joel Wilcox wrote:
>>> Hawaii has no snakes whatsoever, unless one sneaks in from Guam on a
>>> freighter, but so far they have always managed to find them. Hawaii
>>> didn't even have mosquitos until they were imported from the mainland
>>> (the current lot are thought to be descended from Mexico mosquitos).
>>>
>>> In general mosquitos have been a lot more detrimental to my
>>> photographic efforts than snakes. :(
>>>
>>> Joel W.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jun 16, 2010, at 8:33 AM, Chuck Norcutt
>>> <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Alaska, Hawaii, Delaware and Maine have no rattlesnakes.
>>>>
>>>> Chuck Norcutt
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