A live three-foot yellow-bellied venomous sea snake washed ashore Honoli’i Beach in Hawaii last week. Officials have since ...

Officials in Hawaii are urging the public to be careful after a highly venomous snake was found on a Hilo beach last week.

it is illegal to import or possess that species in Hawaii. If a sea snake is spotted onshore, call the state’s toll-free Pest Hotline at 808-643-PEST (7378).