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Post by Roderick on Apr 24, 2008 18:26:29 GMT 12
Aussie...we found your sea snake washed up on our northland beach , and it is ok , and happily boarding at Kelly Tarltons...come and collect him at your leisure...  |
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Post by bubblegumsuzi on Apr 24, 2008 18:39:44 GMT 12
i'm never going swimming at the beach again!!!!
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Post by Roderick on Apr 24, 2008 19:45:05 GMT 12
they said that apparently we get a few...they manage to reach here each year , but are usually exhausted and die...this fella is kicking around quite lively...we have no antidote here apparently , so best not to let him bite you...he is swimmimng around in Kelly Tarltons...
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Post by yogismum on Apr 24, 2008 19:56:04 GMT 12
 better there than hanging around some unsuspecting swimmer! Maybe they come here on the currents, during a storm,
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Post by ancient1 on Apr 24, 2008 19:57:03 GMT 12
Dont go swimming at Kelly Tarltons...
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Post by kiwicrichton on Apr 24, 2008 20:02:41 GMT 12
Have you got a picture of him Player...................?
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Post by Roderick on Apr 24, 2008 20:23:38 GMT 12
Have you got a picture of him Player...................? haven't tried to find one yet kiwi...but this sc reprint says he is big (9m ?)...didn't look that big on tv... Venomous sea snake found on Kiwi beach Post a reply debs26 24/4/2008 8:03:03 PM By ROBYN DOWNEY | Thursday, 24 April 2008 Police are standing guard over a venomous sea snake that washed ashore on Dargaville's west coast. Baylys Beach resident Graeme Ramsey was walking his dog on the beach at about 8am yesterday when he came across the snake in his path about 1km north of the Chases Gorge entrance to the beach. "It wasn't moving but it was alive and when I touched it with a stick it moved and it was very unusual looking," he says. The snake appeared to be a defined black or dark blue on the upper top side of its body and a yellow colour on the under side, about .9m long and a tail that was a flattened oar shape and leopard skin coloured at the tip. "I looked it up on the internet and found an image the same as what I'd found on the beach and it was called a yellow-bellied sea snake, apparently a member of the cobra family and described as extremely poisonous," Mr Ramsey says. www.stuff.co.nz/4495511a10.htmlCan I just say, holy shoot!! linmac 24/4/2008 8:04:43 PM I would suspect it's too cool down here for them Debs.....we are safe. debs26 24/4/2008 8:06:53 PM thank hate creepy crawlies and the idea of snakes is very scary chaztata 24/4/2008 8:07:26 PM Touched it with a stick?? Idiot was lucky it didn't bite him... Patty11 24/4/2008 8:08:02 PM great, I hate snakesjust what we need here in NZ frup 24/4/2008 8:21:52 PM From australia like it may have swam or did it hitch a ride via cargo? |
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Post by Roderick on Apr 24, 2008 20:26:23 GMT 12
"about .9m long and a tail that was a flattened oar shape and leopard skin coloured at the tip."
that's better .9m....almost a metre...better
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Post by shazza69 on Apr 24, 2008 20:29:13 GMT 12
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Post by Roderick on Apr 24, 2008 20:44:18 GMT 12
Description www.californiaherps.com/snakes/pages/p.platurus.htmlVenomous Venom yield is low, but still considered potentially dangerous to humans. Size 10 - 45 inches in length (25 - 114 cm.) Most snakes seen in the eastern Pacific are 18 - 25 inches long (46 - 64 cm.) Appearance A marine serpent with a narrow elongated flattened triangular head with nostrils set high on the top. The body is flattened and the tail even more so to facilitate swimming. Dark brown or black with a bright yellow or pale yellow underside which extends up the sides. Sometimes the underside is darker, sometimes a snake is all yellow or yellow with a narrow black stripe on the back. The tail is marked with black spots or bars. There are small fangs on the front of the upper jaw. Behavior Diurnal and primarily aquatic. Undulates the flattened tail and body side to side to swim and dive. Unable to move when washed on shore. An alert snake, may dive when approached. Not known to be very agressive, usually reluctant to strike, and often strikes without injecting venom. Diet Eats small surface-dwelling fish and eels. Reproduction Live-bearing. Probably breeds only in areas of water as warm as 68 degrees F (20 C) or warmer. Large congregations of snakes have been found which were thought to be breeding congregations. Young are born in the ocean, or mangrove swamps or rocky tidal areas near shore. Range Uncommon in California; recorded from San Clemente beach in Orange County and from San Diego County. Probably the most widely distributed snake in the world, inhabiting the Indian and Pacific Oceans, including the coasts of Africa, Asia, Australia, Mexico, including Baja California, and Central America. Habitat Warm ocean waters. Usually seen within a few miles of the shore, but also occurs far out to sea. More common along slicks where ocean currents converge creating quite waters with surface debris which attract the fish this snake preys upon. Conservation Issues (Conservation Status) None. |
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Post by ancient1 on Apr 24, 2008 20:51:21 GMT 12
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Post by zelazny on Apr 24, 2008 21:32:01 GMT 12
LOL Cool picture ancient1
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