Andy Adcock
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Nice animal,The hotel we stayed at in Bali was right on the beach and there was a headland jutting out into the sea which you could walk around at low tide. One afternoon I was walking along the waters edge barefoot to see what was around this small promontory. There was a lot of flotsam and jetsam and I found a dead Sea-snake in amongst the debris. Not wearing footwear I didn't walk across the debris to examine it. A couple of days later I did the same thing but this time I wore flip flops. Amazingly enough the dead Sea-snake was still there. As I walked towards it an alarm bell rang. Hang on, the tide’s been in and out several times but the snakes still there. Hmmmmmm. I picked up a long length off bamboo and lifted it under the snake which wasn't dead at all. It slithered off into a small cave at the base of the cliff. It was one of these. Blue-lipped Sea Krait.
Needless to say I didn’t go round there again
in Goa, Yellow-bellied Seasnakes were often seen dead, on the beach, discarded from fishermens nets I think?