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.
Boopable
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eestileib@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Agent641@lemmy.world 4 months ago
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.
Johanno@feddit.org 4 months ago
I almost believed you. But the part of divers breathing snake ass was too much.
tastysnacks@programming.dev 4 months ago
Well, you’re supposed to make out with a puffer fish if you want to breath longer.
fin@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
My upvote for valuable scientific knowledge suddenly changed in meaning in the last line.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 4 months ago
watch it turns out that there IS a species that does this, and you were accidentally correct
that’ll be egg on your face
CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 4 months ago
Nobody talks about it? There are entire myths about sea serpents.
marcos@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Don’t boop it.
Lycist@lemmy.world 4 months ago
It closes its noses.
sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
Filthy hobbitsrs
x4740N@lemm.ee 4 months ago
I have seen a striped white and black one while oversees on holiday casually swimming on the beach in the water
Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Beetlejuice
tamal3@lemmy.world 4 months ago
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.
x4740N@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Would be even scarier if you saw it I’m your perifial vision, imagine that
pigup@lemmy.world 4 months ago
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credo@lemmy.world 4 months ago
You boop, I’ll watch.
OlinOfTheHillPeople@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Jazz hands!
ViperActual@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
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
tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Because we all agreed not to. Quit ruining our ignorant and peaceful existence.
mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 4 months ago
And that is why humans invented swimming pools.
Dufurson@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
House Velaryon intensifies
nilaus@lemmy.world 4 months ago
So cute😍
Wooki@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Don’t do it, it’s Nope rope!
CyberSyndicalist@hexbear.net 4 months ago
Jaws already did enough damage to the public psyche we don’t need this getting out.
propter_hog@hexbear.net 4 months ago
Adorably cute, but literally the most venomous snakes on earth.
Fridgeratr@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
Nope nope nope nope nope
umbrella@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
it looks cute
SpookyGenderCommunist@hexbear.net 4 months ago
IDK but they’re kinda cute :3
elucubra@sopuli.xyz 4 months ago
wait until you hear about slatwater crocodiles en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltwater_crocodile
cybervseas@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Venomous sea snakes are, on a whole, ridiculously more venomous than venomous land snakes. As far I as recall.
Pandantic@midwest.social 4 months ago
Like the very venomous coral snake:
Also not to be confused with the non-venomous king snake:
Two photos of snakes placed side by side. On the left is the coral snake who has stripes in a black pattern of black, yellow, red, yellow - with the yellow being small bands compared to the other colors. On the right is a king snake who has stripes in a pattern of red, black, yellow or off white, black - with the red parts being much larger than the other two colors.
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Or I can confuse them and just avoid both of them.
chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 4 months ago
“Black on yellow, kill a fellow!”