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| Snakes - Sea Snake | Types of Poisonous Snakes Snake Gallery Management of Snake Bite Snakes - Some Facts |
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SNAKE, common
name for members of a family of poisonous water snakes.
Sea snakes inhabit tropical waters from the Persian Gulf
to the southwest Pacific Ocean; they are particularly
abundant in the Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal.
Usually about 1.5 m (about 5 ft) long, some species may
reach 2.7 m (9 ft). Sea snakes have no gills and must rise to the surface for air, but they can remain underwater for several hours, obtaining dissolved oxygen from water that they swallow and eject. They feed on fishes and seldon attach humans unless threatened. |
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| Also See : Eel
- elongated,
serpent like fish
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