Spyke
lemmy.world

Venomous sea snakes are, on a whole, ridiculously more venomous than venomous land snakes. As far I as recall.

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midwest.social

Like the very venomous coral snake:

New World coral snakes possess one of the most potent venoms of any North American snake. However, relatively few bites are recorded due to their reclusive nature and the fact they generally inhabit sparsely populated areas. Even in areas that are densely populated, bites are rare.

Also not to be confused with the non-venomous king snake:

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gac11reply
lemmy.world

I thought it was "if it's yellow, let it mellow"

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They get their fresh water from rain pools that, being less dense than seawater, float on the surface for a while.

That's metal as shit imo.

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lemmy.world

Fun fact sea snake scales are actually hydrophobic and there is a thin layer of air around it. The snake can breathe from this bubble of scale air and some pacific island claim divers can stay underwater longer by catching sea snakes and breathing from their tails, also I just made all that up.

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Johannoreply
feddit.org

I almost believed you. But the part of divers breathing snake ass was too much.

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My upvote for valuable scientific knowledge suddenly changed in the meaning in the last line.

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watch it turns out that there IS a species that does this, and you were accidentally correct

that'll be egg on your face

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About that time I realized this lemmitzer was a crustacean from the Paleozoic era

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lemm.ee

I have seen a striped white and black one while oversees on holiday casually swimming on the beach in the water

Clarification edit: it was the snake casually swimming on the beach near the shore, not me

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_krait

Wikipedia Image:

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tamal3reply
lemmy.world

I have never been scared of snakes. They aren't spooky, they don't turn my stomach. The phobia has never made sense to me.

But I think if I saw that thing slither by while diving I would get it. Huh.

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Would be even scarier if you saw it I'm your perifial vision, imagine that

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Please do not boop this snoot for your own safety. Sometimes they get curious and may investigate you if you're near their waters. Please do not freak out as they're just curious but above all else: Do not boop

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