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[–] cybervseas@lemmy.world 89 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Pandantic@midwest.social 25 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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:

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 23 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Or I can confuse them and just avoid both of them.

[–] Pandantic@midwest.social 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Duamerthrax used confusion.

Snek is confuse.

Snek fled.

[–] ladicius@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Best not to go outside at all.

Phew. That was easy.

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago (2 children)

“Black on yellow, kill a fellow!”

[–] Pandantic@midwest.social 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Red on black, poison lack.

[–] BowtiesAreCool@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I thought it was “friend of Jack”

[–] Pandantic@midwest.social 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That’s different from what I heard!

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] match@pawb.social 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 months ago

No that's incorrect

[–] gac11@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] irreticent@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

They taught us that at summer camp. They were trying to conserve water and had a little song to remind us, "If it's yellow let it mellow, if it's brown flush it down."

[–] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 71 points 11 months ago

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.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 61 points 11 months ago (3 children)

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 24 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] tastysnacks@programming.dev 8 points 11 months ago

Well, you're supposed to make out with a puffer fish if you want to breath longer.

[–] fin@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 11 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 52 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Nobody talks about it? There are entire myths about sea serpents.

[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 30 points 11 months ago (1 children)

How many myths?

About tree fiddy.

[–] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 11 months ago

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

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 41 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] Lycist@lemmy.world 25 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 11 months ago

Filthy hobbitsrs

[–] pigup@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago

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[–] x4740N@lemm.ee 16 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

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:

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

Beetlejuice

[–] tamal3@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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 1 points 11 months ago

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

[–] credo@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] OlinOfTheHillPeople@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Jazz hands!

[–] ViperActual@sh.itjust.works 13 points 11 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 11 points 11 months ago

Because we all agreed not to. Quit ruining our ignorant and peaceful existence.

[–] mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 11 months ago

And that is why humans invented swimming pools.

[–] Dufurson@sh.itjust.works 10 points 11 months ago

House Velaryon intensifies

[–] nilaus@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

So cute😍

[–] Wooki@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Don't do it, it's Nope rope!

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago

it looks cute

[–] Fridgeratr@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 11 months ago

Nope nope nope nope nope

[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

wait until you hear about saltwater crocodiles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltwater_crocodile