We live in Hawaii, on the island of Oahu. It’s a tropical paradise, teeming with life, but you’d be surprised at some of the animals we don’t have here.
For one thing, there are no snakes in Hawaii. Also there are no squirrels. Weird, right? And there is no rabies virus, but there are strict quarantine rules to keep it that way. But on to some critters we do see here:
Of course, I’ve already talked about the evil centipede.
Here are some other interesting little animals we’ve found on the ground recently.
This little guy is a Jackson’s chameleon, a three-horned lizard that was apparently “accidentally” released into the wild here in the 70’s.
This is an Oahu tree snail, and it’s native to Hawaii. Wikipedia says it’s endangered (all 40 different varieties!) but I’ll tell you, there’s an awful lot of them and they are HUGE. They don’t seemed threatened in any way.
Ah, and this is one we like to call Exhibitionist Barbie. We found her sunbathing nude on our lawn. Judging from her pallor, I don’t expect she’s a native.
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