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Live Boa Constrictor Found in Shipping Container in Honolulu

Cargo workers at a Honolulu shipping company found a live three-foot boa constrictor in a shipment of household goods earlier this morning.

Live Bat Found on Container Ship at Honolulu Harbor

Officials say that tissue samples from the bat were sent to a laboratory on the Mainland to test for the rabies virus.

Dozen Illegal Animals Turned Over in Two Weeks

Authorities recovered four snakes, and eight illegal lizards over the two week period covering June 29 through July 13, 2011.