How Water Keeps Sea Snakes Out of the Atlantic

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  • @BizarreBeasts
    @BizarreBeasts  13 วันที่ผ่านมา

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  • @ithrangroenen1787
    @ithrangroenen1787 ปีที่แล้ว +938

    Yellow bellied sea snake sounds like a pirate insult

    • @Goofyahh_shark
      @Goofyahh_shark 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      True

    • @flickcentergaming680
      @flickcentergaming680 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      It really does.

    • @N0sf3r4tuR1s3n
      @N0sf3r4tuR1s3n 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      I thought it was?

    • @amateur-madman3047
      @amateur-madman3047 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      @@N0sf3r4tuR1s3nI’ve definitely heard it before

    • @JohnPaulBuce
      @JohnPaulBuce 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      sounds legit 😂

  • @Nikki0417
    @Nikki0417 ปีที่แล้ว +1365

    The first time I heard about sea snakes was watching Steve Irwin. He talked about how highly venomous they were while holding one. I think I was like 10 or 11 at the time, but I remember thinking "that seems insane." Miss that dude.

    • @elonweintraub9758
      @elonweintraub9758 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      They might be much more venomous than a cobra, but they are also completely docile. Researchers regularly handle them barehanded to tag them and take their measurements, as do fishers when the snakes get stuck in nets. I still wouldn't try it without training, but it's apparently far less insane than it seems.

    • @RealBradMiller
      @RealBradMiller ปีที่แล้ว +28

      I grew up on Steve Irwin, and know exactly where I was when I found out about his passing. Deeply missed!

    • @snipelite94
      @snipelite94 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      One poisonous critter eventually jabbed him though,
      I vaguely remember he took a lot of flak for carrying his baby around crocs or alligators.
      Dangerous creatures can behave randomly, and it was irresponsible to take a "civilian" into danger like that.
      I'll grant you, that his excitement was infectious, and he bubbled over with enthusiasm leading to a devoted following,
      but recklessness will run your luck out one day.

    • @safaiaryu12
      @safaiaryu12 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      @@snipelite94 It was a stingray that happened to get him in the heart. While venomous, the venom usually just causes pain; it was the stab wound that took him down.

    • @gilliesiut2332
      @gilliesiut2332 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yep it was the same thing here

  • @pauls5745
    @pauls5745 ปีที่แล้ว +454

    amazing! I thought if it were temperature tolerance, eventually some would traverse the current and setup in the south Atlantic, but I never thought about needing fresh floating rainwater to survive

    • @StonedtotheBones13
      @StonedtotheBones13 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      And it's the kind of thing that years ago we would be like "nah, that sounds impossible."

    • @liamnixon4428
      @liamnixon4428 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Yeah. Near the southern tip of Africa is a desert, and you can see why there's no rainwater there. In fact, sea snakes can't even traverse up the Red Sea and pass through the Suez Canal, because of the Sahara-Arabian deserts, and passing through the Panama canal and its locks is hard for a snake that acts as an oversized Plankton.

    • @emotionalfriendone43
      @emotionalfriendone43 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@StonedtotheBones13so science got it wrong?!? 😮

    • @Fledhyris
      @Fledhyris 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      @@emotionalfriendone43 Science just hadn't investigated at that point. We simply didn't know. Science is not omniscient, it takes years (sometimes decades) of rigorous, difficult, expensive research by dedicated individuals who are often working for little or no funding (because who is interested in sea snakes?) so there's just really not a lot of science going on in many areas that don't seem economically attractive to universities, Big Pharma, NASA, the military and so on. And the whole area of behavioural biology - trying to understand plants and animals within a holistic context of their evolution, genetics, environment, and natural (not laboratory) behaviour - is very recent, it only really started taking off midway through the 20th century. tldr; science is a lot more difficult and complicated than the internet generation give it credit for. Cut those scientists some slack! :)

    • @andrewfreiji4647
      @andrewfreiji4647 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@StonedtotheBones13Exactly. You can thank modern science and innovation for creating such beautiful snakes

  • @Basement_crusader
    @Basement_crusader ปีที่แล้ว +265

    The only reason I tolerate snakes is because I can quickly walk away from them. I cannot swim as fast as I walk. I do not tolerate sea snakes.

    • @dreammaker9642
      @dreammaker9642 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      They don’t tolerate you either so keep your distance and they keep theirs 😂

    • @Maccaboy1984
      @Maccaboy1984 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      Keep away from black mambas, they can reach 23km/hr!

    • @Back-alley-technician
      @Back-alley-technician 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      As there is not much you can do about them, but more they can do about you. Just be thankful they tolerate you. Because if they were more aggressive towards humans, there would be no defense.

    • @philippal8666
      @philippal8666 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I’m with you.

    • @sushantmanandhar1387
      @sushantmanandhar1387 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      All sea snakes are venomous but if they bite you underwater, they drown. They want to avoid you as much as you want to avoid them

  • @jp1431
    @jp1431 ปีที่แล้ว +659

    As someone from Puerto Rico, I am thankful that there are no sea snakes in the Atlantic Ocean. We have enough problems without encountering a venomous snake while chilling at the beach.

    • @janmoravec2584
      @janmoravec2584 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      They are the hippies of the ocean. I love diving with them, it is exactly opposite of aggressive. Super chill, unless you stick hand to their mouth. And yeah, that's why you dont want to stick your hand to crevices in the sea 😀

    • @stanziolad
      @stanziolad ปีที่แล้ว +30

      As someone from Panama, Your welcome.

    • @RevSquatchFultz
      @RevSquatchFultz ปีที่แล้ว +18

      What about the Puerto Rican Racer? It is a venomous snake you could see on your beaches already.

    • @jp1431
      @jp1431 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@RevSquatchFultz honestly I didn’t even know that snake existed. In the 23 years I have been in PR I have seen like 4 snakes and only 2 were alive. Still most of the snakes are in the forests and mountains and not in the coast.

    • @RevSquatchFultz
      @RevSquatchFultz ปีที่แล้ว

      I saw one my first day there lol guess it's the luck of the draw@@jp1431

  • @safaiaryu12
    @safaiaryu12 ปีที่แล้ว +451

    Okay, awesome episode in general, but I had never heard about fresh water floating on top of ocean water?! Like, it totally makes sense, especially with underwater lakes being a thing... sometimes water can kind of stratify based on salinity/density... but dang! Rain water floating on top of the ocean to provide fresh water to sea animals! I never thought of that! How neat!

    • @EECyrpys
      @EECyrpys ปีที่แล้ว +15

      mindblown

    • @FidelCattto
      @FidelCattto ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Yea made me think about how whales and dolphins get water and it's almost entirely from their diets. Weird stuff.

    • @juliaanfloress
      @juliaanfloress 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Bots are progressing in language, damn

    • @safaiaryu12
      @safaiaryu12 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@juliaanfloress Huh?

    • @Fledhyris
      @Fledhyris 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@FidelCattto So do cats... not as much, granted, but still. It's why cats fed on dry food tend to develop kidney problems, they just don't gulp down water like other animals when they get thirsty.

  • @gradesam6306
    @gradesam6306 ปีที่แล้ว +582

    they're tiny limbless elasmosaurus

    • @sampagano205
      @sampagano205 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Id actually compare them more to tetrapod moray eels.

    • @sillybeanthing
      @sillybeanthing ปีที่แล้ว +18

      ​@@sampagano205I mean it's obvious to compare them to eels. Elasmosaurus is more creative imo

    • @alveolate
      @alveolate ปีที่แล้ว +7

      beheaded elasmosaurids who refused to die

    • @maxasaurus3008
      @maxasaurus3008 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That’s my cousin 🦕🦖

    • @thiagoalencar3937
      @thiagoalencar3937 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Maybe Elamosauros are huge limbed sea snakes. Have you ever thought of that? No, you only think of yourself.

  • @LeoStaley
    @LeoStaley ปีที่แล้ว +190

    As someone who lives in a desert, it's really easy for me to forget just how often it rains in other places, especially on the ocean and in the tropics.

    • @helixxia9320
      @helixxia9320 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      I would be so sad in my life without rain. i love it when it pours

    • @oilersridersbluejays
      @oilersridersbluejays 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I like when it rains but rain where I live isn’t common, usually just enough to grow a somewhat decent crop of wheat.

    • @cameroonkendrick6312
      @cameroonkendrick6312 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I can’t imagine 3 weeks without rain

  • @davidarredondo2106
    @davidarredondo2106 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    That plot twist at the end that all sea snakes need to drink freshwater to survive had me reeling. Freshwater pools floating on top of the ocean? There’s clearly a lot for me to learn.

  • @v_wegs
    @v_wegs ปีที่แล้ว +165

    So interesting, as usual! You answered all the questions I had about sea snakes, very well written

  • @brandondavidson4085
    @brandondavidson4085 ปีที่แล้ว +109

    It's interesting how much ocean currents act like mountains on land, as physical barriers

  • @RickySTT
    @RickySTT ปีที่แล้ว +68

    6:09 The Panama Canal is powered by an uphill reservoir, so that water flows outward at both ends. I image this would discourage species from crossing the isthmus.

    • @pamelah6431
      @pamelah6431 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      PHEW.

    • @joedellinger9437
      @joedellinger9437 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Also fresh water kills marine species.

    • @boxsterman77
      @boxsterman77 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      It’s not the flow, it’s the locks and the sequence an animal would have to go through to traverse the isthmus. 1. Make it to one lock and avoid being squished by ships that barely fit. Wait until lock fills up to next level. When gates open, move out with the ship into the next lock. Keep repeating until you are at the level of Lake Gatun traverse the lake. Get on lock on other side. Take the series of locks down but I could see a small number making it to the lake and there breeding sufficiently. It’s a tropical paradise.
      Keep in mind lampreys had to negotiable locks in the St Lawrence seaway-and they did.
      The old Panama Canal is “powered” by damning a river,causing a reservoir and directing the captured water out both sets of locks (Caribbean and Pacific).

    • @Wolf-hh4rv
      @Wolf-hh4rv 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

      They’ll get through eventually

  • @aaroncoff611
    @aaroncoff611 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    I once found a dead yellow bellied sea snake washed up on the gulf coast of the Florida panhandle. Must have gotten through the Panama Canal.

    • @lightningboltt5437
      @lightningboltt5437 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Really? Can u give more detail.

    • @johnnash1119
      @johnnash1119 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Yellow bellied sea snake or yellow bellied water snake? Cause the latter is a native species

    • @StoneGone
      @StoneGone 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      *Lies* 😂

  • @rianfelis3156
    @rianfelis3156 ปีที่แล้ว +137

    You mentioned Panama and the trouble with South Africa, but what keeps them from expanding into the Red Sea, and from there through the Suez Canal?

    • @BizarreBeasts
      @BizarreBeasts  ปีที่แล้ว +193

      Hello! This is Sarah! We did end up looking into this a little bit, and it seems like the salinity might be why they don't get into the Red Sea (too salty!).

    • @JoSan3
      @JoSan3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      ​@@BizarreBeastsLesson learned. Being salty keeps sea snakes away

    • @RobertP.Trebor
      @RobertP.Trebor ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@BizarreBeasts makes sense it wouldnt rain enoigh up there

    • @Mastermachine100
      @Mastermachine100 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I would have thought the lack of rain would prevent those surface films from occurring so they can't get any water to drink.

    • @arislopes1924
      @arislopes1924 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I don’t think Panama would be a issue with all the locks and safety measures, the Rivas isthmus in Nicaragua is where u gotta watch out this thin isthmus separates lake Nicaragua which empties into the Caribbean despite being close to the pacific

  • @Clawed9
    @Clawed9 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    This channel has to be one of the greatest things TH-cam has ever suggested to anyone, I feel. great content!

    • @somefishhere
      @somefishhere ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Deep Look by PBS is also pretty great! They even have behind the scenes on how they capture the video

  • @ThatJaymsWisdom
    @ThatJaymsWisdom ปีที่แล้ว +44

    I always say that this channel is the best thing on the internet, and that remains true, but this video is amazing! Probably one of the best!

  • @Coral_skies
    @Coral_skies ปีที่แล้ว +74

    Sea SNAAAAKES! I LOVE SEA SNAKES! Bizzare Beasts never misses with the animals they pick! Y'all finally got me to sign up for the pins with this one!

  • @TsubasayaYami
    @TsubasayaYami ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Damn what an awesome pin this month!
    Unfortunately, just like sea snakes, pins have a hard time crossing the atlantic

  • @1234j
    @1234j ปีที่แล้ว +13

    This is just excellent! Great information, super presentation. Cheers and thanks from England.

  • @Fede_99
    @Fede_99 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The fact that in the Eocene there used to be giant marine snakes called Palaeophids (unrelated to living ones as they were not venomous) which in some species could reach around 10 meters and maybe even more amazes me so much.

  • @marcwhittle9810
    @marcwhittle9810 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Micrurus surinamensis, an aquatic Coral Snake, and Naja (Boulengerina) annulata, an aquatic cobra, are two other aquatic Elapids though found in fresh water. Both have evolutionary traits similar to the marine Sea Snakes such as eyes towards the top of the head and laterally compressed bodies.

  • @ami-scuba-diver
    @ami-scuba-diver 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I dove with hundreds of sea snakes in Manuk island, Banda sea, Indonesia. They are beautiful and majestic - love them. I saw them coming up to the surface to breath. Didn’t know they drink fresh water. Great post.

  • @baldurdashing501
    @baldurdashing501 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    I want to know more about how they breathe and dive! The volume of air those long skinny lungs (or that long skinny lung-I seem to remember most snakes have one functioning lung) can hold has gotta be pretty limited. Long and thin is also not a shape optimized to stand up to pressure. What are the mechanics of being a pelagic snake even like?

    • @lukasg4807
      @lukasg4807 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Snakes can dive for a long time, their metabolism is so slow even a land dweller can last without oxygen for a while

    • @Bzhydack
      @Bzhydack ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They also can breath throu their skin.

    • @aiko9393
      @aiko9393 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@Bzhydack like frogs??? Wow

  • @BizarreBeasts
    @BizarreBeasts  ปีที่แล้ว +7

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  • @fran13r
    @fran13r ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This video was just fantastic, was hooked the whole time.

  • @BurchellAtTheWharf
    @BurchellAtTheWharf ปีที่แล้ว +4

    0:59 we got loads of eels though

  • @metamorphiczeolite
    @metamorphiczeolite 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I just learned a bunch of things I didn't know that I didn't know. Thanks, BB Crew!

  • @Lohengrin1850
    @Lohengrin1850 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thanks for the education on awesome animals, as always! (Also love the Auryn necklace!!)

  • @akjarni
    @akjarni ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love your Auryn! I have a big one on my shelf that the pins will go great with!

  • @ricardo68
    @ricardo68 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I have wondered why I’ve never seen sea snakes kept in public sea aquariums. 😮

  • @knightshade6232
    @knightshade6232 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Im in the Philippines its that thing that prevents me from enjoying my beach ⛱️ vacation besides sharks,boxjellys,salties & stonefish..😢

    • @angelalewis3645
      @angelalewis3645 ปีที่แล้ว

      😜

    • @helixxia9320
      @helixxia9320 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      i had a friend who came from the philipines and i said that since it is kind of an island it must been so nice to have almost a beach around your whole country and you could swim in the nice warm water every day after school, but he said he never really swam and doesnt know how to swim good, and neither does his friends. i never knew why not so many swim from their beaches in philipines but this makes sense now if they have all that creatures around

    • @knightshade6232
      @knightshade6232 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Yeah 👍 one thing to note at is an average household here rarely go to the beach because it cost too much, worst if your from the mainland who rarely saw the sea, luckily my city is in the bay area so i got to splash at the coast for a while.

    • @NoOne-kx7zs
      @NoOne-kx7zs 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      same in india..

    • @oilersridersbluejays
      @oilersridersbluejays 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It’s funny, I’m from the landlocked and semi-arid prairies of Saskatchewan and can swim like a fish. Most Asians I met? Can’t swim to save themselves.

  • @djs3957
    @djs3957 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I’ve been watching nature flicks for 45 years. Its rare I don’t know any of the content. Great video!

  • @ItsJayCross319
    @ItsJayCross319 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ahhhh what a good video on one of my favorite groups of reptiles. I am such a sea snake nerd. I think they are some of the coolest animals on the planet. This is such an easily digestible, thorough deep dive into their biology that includes oodles of fun facts about what makes them special. Incredible work!

    • @andrewfreiji4647
      @andrewfreiji4647 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I too am fascinated by sea snakes and all kinds of water snakes. Have you seen one in person

  • @Romanticoutlaw
    @Romanticoutlaw ปีที่แล้ว +4

    wow, the giant ship worm was a thing I didn't know existed, and was happier not knowing

  • @kyliegangwish17
    @kyliegangwish17 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That opening line was 🤌🏻🤌🏻😂

  • @AphidKirby
    @AphidKirby ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Absolutely MINDBLOWN that there is freshwater on top of seas! What!!! There's gotta be other organisms that take advantage of that!

    • @Kevin-bl6lg
      @Kevin-bl6lg 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Pirates

  • @mandibriar9837
    @mandibriar9837 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love this channel- please keep up the good work!

  • @carlorielmendez6505
    @carlorielmendez6505 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    H. semperi is quite special of the freshwater "sea snakes" that it lives in a lake that is formed by a collapsed volcano (Taal Volcano) approximately 50 kilometers from where I live.
    It's a pretty active volcano, it erupts pretty frequently within the past few years.

  • @BBBrasil
    @BBBrasil ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Oceanic fresh water oasis, like it.
    One of those things that sound obvious once you think about, but on our own we would never think about.
    Thinking about Polynesian sailors, they might have used this, too, for pathfinding.

  • @SeanRundell
    @SeanRundell ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Props for the Auryn medallion!

  • @robrice7246
    @robrice7246 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Salt-marsh snakes are the closest you may get to marine snakes in the Atlantic (especially since they're live bearers).
    If they were to occur, it's mostly from human introductions (directly or indirectly via cargo ships).

  • @bryanbradley6871
    @bryanbradley6871 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    random flordia man: hold my beer

  • @takenname8053
    @takenname8053 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Truly a bizarre beast!
    The head to body ratio and freshwater drinking in the ocean were new and surprising to me!

  • @KxNOxUTA
    @KxNOxUTA 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is indeed absolutely bizarr and fascinating. I know a lot about animals but all of this was new to me! How cool!

  • @AllCanadianReptileGirl
    @AllCanadianReptileGirl ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Sea snakes and sea kraits are so cool. So many cool adaptations!

  • @ananyaravikumar5069
    @ananyaravikumar5069 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Today I learned which end of a sea snake to avoid. I always thought the little end was the tail 😂

  • @surrealfarm
    @surrealfarm ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Many years ago, my brother and I were walking on a beach on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica and we saw a snake. I picked it up and tossed it to my brother. He caught it and tossed it back. We did that a few times, then put it back in the water. It wasn't for another 5 years that I learned that we were playing with one of the most venomous snakes on the planet!

  • @TonyCasamassima
    @TonyCasamassima ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very informative. I had no idea there was even such a thing as sea snakes. Also very easy to watch 👀!

  • @janzei
    @janzei ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I live near the sea in the Philippines and I sometimes see sea snakes, atleast they’re not aggressive

  • @zemlidrakona2915
    @zemlidrakona2915 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I am on vacation in Zanzibar at the moment. I've been snorkeling a lot in front of our hotel. At least 50% of the time I encounter a sea snake. But these don't seem very aggressive. I've come within a meter or so several times and they just ignore me.

  • @believein1
    @believein1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Glad to have found your channel 👏

  • @ihcfn
    @ihcfn ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great video, never knew about the thin headed snakes or the lens of fresh water on the surface of the ocean. 👍

  • @BryanBradley-vm1jp
    @BryanBradley-vm1jp 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Well that was a nice run...
    Flordida man: Hold my beer...

  • @Tjalve70
    @Tjalve70 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    "The yellow bellied sea snakes don't seem to make it through the Panama Canal either".
    Well, DUH!
    The Panama Canal is a fresh water canal, that has locks. In order to make it through there, the snakes basically have to swim up a river.
    It would have made a lot more sense for them to get through the Suez Canal. Or around South Africa.

  • @vampyricon7026
    @vampyricon7026 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Holy damn that's a good looking pin

  • @toastnjam7384
    @toastnjam7384 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    When I was in the Gulf of Tonkin with the Navy the water was churning with sea snakes as far as the eye could see. It was like a horror movie.

  • @cameronwilsey9334
    @cameronwilsey9334 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    That sea snake footage was phenomenal

  • @CG-xb1kh
    @CG-xb1kh ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was a really interesting ep!

  • @stuartAF888
    @stuartAF888 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love the Ms. Frizzle vibe you’re giving! ❤❤❤

  • @bazra19
    @bazra19 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You have just received my award for the best dressed presenter on TH-cam. Thank you for starting my day off on a high note.

  • @SAmaryllis
    @SAmaryllis ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cool, I didn't know about freshwater lenses!

  • @gracie_cat
    @gracie_cat ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Fantastic episode and shout out to the Neverending Story ouroboros medallion!

  • @pauljordan7465
    @pauljordan7465 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Many seasnakes are in Broome WA. Ihave seen them. They are very inquisitive but not aggressive. Very common. Fangs are short. Extremely rare to be bitten

  • @margaretfulton9676
    @margaretfulton9676 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Sea snakes hurrah! But also that is a damn fine auryn necklace. Someday I'd love to see a Bizarre Beasts about the purple buffalo. Or luck dragons.

  • @hi_tech_reptiles
    @hi_tech_reptiles ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love sea snakes!!! Well, all snakes lol. Even tho highly venemous, no recorded deaths are on record from any sea snake species (genus hydrophiinae - i think of sea kraits that may differ but i could be wrong, as mainland Kraits have bitten and killed at least a handful of times iirc) Theres some amazing videos of people on one person boats coming across sea snakes, the snake investigating, saying hello, and slither-swimming by lol. Theres so many cool species and variants!! Sizes, colors, etc. Beautiful, amazing animals! Oh and turtle-headed sea snakes are the only non-venemous true elapids. Tho African House Snakes are closely related to Elapids too, tho not considered Elapids.

  • @rajr1032
    @rajr1032 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great commentary.TIL - no sea snakes in Atlantic Ocean & lens of fresh water over sea water ! Thanks.

  • @Spookysaladbri
    @Spookysaladbri 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The neverending story necklace is killer

  • @fabiomenezes5887
    @fabiomenezes5887 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very interesting! I've never heard of sea snakes before

  • @augustlizabethmoore
    @augustlizabethmoore ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love your hair! Such a pretty color!!

  • @sciencenerd7639
    @sciencenerd7639 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Sea snakes are one of my favorite bizarre beasts

  • @mysterium364
    @mysterium364 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Such a peculiar adaptation caused that snake to be one of the most successful snakes ever. Fascinating.

  • @drizzlingrose
    @drizzlingrose ปีที่แล้ว

    at 6:32 i was like "Whoaa! thats the same music GoldShawFarm uses in their videos! Neat :D "

  • @LiveActionKimPossibleRufus
    @LiveActionKimPossibleRufus หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    4:34 I can not stree how much I do NOT want to do that

  • @m.k_dk7622
    @m.k_dk7622 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I live in the Atlantic Ocean I've seen plenty of sea snakes over here

  • @scottbrown7071
    @scottbrown7071 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The stuff of nightmares!

  • @remknightly5222
    @remknightly5222 ปีที่แล้ว

    Really lovely Neverending Story necklace! I adore the video, but I got distracted every time the necklace appeared, it's such an obscure interest.

  • @deisisase
    @deisisase ปีที่แล้ว

    Glad you mentioned the Panama Canal.

  • @Vanguardkl
    @Vanguardkl ปีที่แล้ว

    This is an absolutely fascinating video I've learned 5 new things watching this, I'm 36 and watch hours of different things everyday so yea this is really great work

  • @thatguy9502
    @thatguy9502 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i shall never leave the atlantic

  • @SilverScarletSpider
    @SilverScarletSpider ปีที่แล้ว +1

    her hair and make up are so cool

  • @thedude7319
    @thedude7319 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Is sea really a misnomer when you have 60 species but only 4 that also can be found in fresh ? Seems like a stretch

  • @ryangonzalez3225
    @ryangonzalez3225 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Now I know one thing I can do that forever change the world. To think less than a day's drive across Panama you could change history...

  • @CO84trucker
    @CO84trucker 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Rattlesnakes have aquatic capabilities as seen in some TH-cam videos of that humble viper trying to stowaway on a motorboat!

  • @carto4028
    @carto4028 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Our ocean was once dominated by reptiles, i find the ones still around to be fascinating. Last holdouts of a long standing tradition.

  • @klaasdeboer8106
    @klaasdeboer8106 ปีที่แล้ว

    This makes me realize how enourmous those tropical rainshowers are, so much water that it forms a layer of fresh water on top of the ocean, that must be somethyi9ng like 3 centimeters at least, and very little wind allso, otherwise it would mix.

  • @bcddd214
    @bcddd214 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I have see a few sea snakes in Miami on a couple of occasions.

  • @kermicgreen3370
    @kermicgreen3370 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very nice video. Well done.

  • @christinemcdonald8705
    @christinemcdonald8705 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I absolutely Love your necklace, it looks like the pendant that was in The Never-ending Story movie if memory serves. Wonderful episode too. I never knew the rules of snakes in the oceans, and I’m very happy to live on the Atlantic side of Canada so no sea snakes.

  • @Jham3D
    @Jham3D 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Finally, the algorithm is feeding me the type of content I actually enjoy and learn from. Only took 2+ years 🐍

  • @tonykemp3098
    @tonykemp3098 ปีที่แล้ว

    I saw a sea snake snorkelling off Ocho Rios, Jamaica.

  • @2121bassplayer
    @2121bassplayer 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    as a floridian, i am so grateful for this 🙏🙏🙏

  • @rickwrites2612
    @rickwrites2612 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love that she's wearing the Oran.

  • @Nabhan82
    @Nabhan82 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very interesting I remember seeing a sea snake during a snorkeling trip at the Daymaniyat Islands in Oman, I remember being surprised to see it. P.S. love your Never Ending Story necklace.

  • @DanielMiller82
    @DanielMiller82 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love the Never Ending Story necklace.

  • @sassa82
    @sassa82 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love this video

  • @Hushpuppysox
    @Hushpuppysox ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This was a cool video i just figured it was too cold but didn't realize the cold water was being brought up by a current. Also Sarah where did you get your top at for this video? It's so cool!

  • @SAmaryllis
    @SAmaryllis ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh gosh the seasnake design is absolutely glamorous!

  • @erichtomanek4739
    @erichtomanek4739 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I wonder if a lineage of Sea Snake may evolve into a filter feeder for plankton or krill?
    Maybe grow a layer of blubber to insulate that long and slim body?
    Maybe establish itself over in the rich waters of Antarctica?
    And then become a plaything for the awesome Leopard Seals!

  • @aozaire2445
    @aozaire2445 ปีที่แล้ว

    Been swimming with these guys every time I go snorkeling. I always seem to catch them pop their heads out of the water to breathe.