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10-17-2015, 08:45 AM
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jorluivil
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‘Incredibly Venomous’
Yellow-Bellied Sea Snake
Seen in California for 1st T
ime in 30 Years
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An “exotic, incredibly venomous” sea snake has been spotted along
the Southern California coast, and a local environmental group said
the creature was brought to shore courtesy of El Niño.
This yellow-bellied sea snake was seen in the Oxnard area on Oct. 15, 2015. (Credit: Anna Iker)
At least one
yellow-bellied sea snake, which lives its entire life in the ocean, was recently spotted at
Silver Strand Beach near Oxnard.
The reptile typically lives in warmer tropical waters, and its appearance is probably a harbinger of El Niño,
the cyclical weather phenomenon connected to warmer sea-surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean,
according to Santa Monica-based Heal the Bay
The snake sighting was highlighted the nonprofit environmental advocacy group in a
blog post on Friday.
"The Yellow-bellied Sea Snake has some of the most poisonous venom in the world, and is a descendant
from Asian cobras and Australian tiger snakes," stated the post by Heal the Bay’s senior coastal policy
manager, Dana Murray.
It’s the first time since the early 1980s that the black-and-yellow snake has been seen in California,
according to Heal the Bay. The last yellow-bellied sea snake sighted was also during an El Niño phase.
Two sightings were reported in Oxnard, but it wasn’t clear if they were of the same snake, Murray said
in an email.
“No need to panic,” the organization said
on its Facebook page, calling the snake "exotic" and "incredibly
venomous."
Anna Iker said she spotted a snake on Silver Strand Beach near Oxnard on Thursday. It was washed back
out to sea, she said.
This yellow-bellied sea snake was seen in the Oxnard area Oct. 16, 2015. (Credit: Robert Forbes)
Robert Forbes also spotted a yellow-bellied sea snake, possible the same one, on the same beach. He
found it about 9 a.m. Friday, he said, and called the state wildlife department. The snake had died by
the time officials arrived hours later, Forbes said.
The snake was being taken to the Museum of Natural History of Los Angeles, Forbes said.
Yellow-bellied sea snakes are extremely venomous and members of the public are advised not to touch
them.
They can swim backward and forward and can stay underwater for up to three hours, according to the
website
CaliforniaHerps.com.
If you spot one, Heal the Bay requests you take photos, note the exact location, and report the sighting
to
iNaturalist and
Herp Mapper.
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