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A serpent that traded land for the open ocean and packs venom worse than a cobra.
means A venomous marine reptile, adapted to life in the ocean with a flattened paddle-like tail, found mostly in warm Indo-Pacific waters.
from A plain English compound, simply 'sea' plus 'snake.' 'Sea' descends from Old English 'sǣ' (the Germanic word for a large body of water), while 'snake' comes from Old English 'snaca,' tied to a root meaning 'to crawl or creep' — a cousin of the same family that gave us 'sneak.' So literally: the creeping thing of the sea.
- Venom rank
- Among the most toxic of all snakes
- Skin breathing
- Absorbs oxygen through skin underwater
- Salt glands
- Special gland under tongue dumps excess salt
- Birth at sea
- Most never touch land, even to breed
- Dive depth
- Can plunge over 250 feet hunting prey
yellow-lipped sea krait — most venomous sea snake, found throughout indo-pacific region from persian gulf to samoa
beaked sea snake — responsible for most sea snake bite deaths in southeast asia, particularly around philippines and thailand
olive sea snake — most common sea snake species, inhabits indian ocean and western pacific, found from persian gulf to australia