Sea snakes have a flat body with a pulpy tail. They are relatively similar in size to ordinary snakes, but they are venomous snakes with anteriorly furrowed fangs. There are many species of sea snakes, and the color of their appearance varies from species to species. Common sea snakes are black and white, although the appearance of sea snakes and eels are also similar, but they are through the nostrils to breathe, so sea snakes are living in shallow water, and regularly floated to the surface of the water for air. First, what does a sea snake look like

The body of a sea snake is flat, the tail looks like an oar from the side, they and cobras are the same, are poisonous snakes with anterior groove teeth. Common sea snakes are black and white in color, but there are many different varieties of sea snakes, and different varieties of sea snakes are different in color. They look more similar to eels and both live in saltwater. Although they live in the sea water, but they are all through the nostrils to breathe, so they need to swim to the surface of the water on a regular basis to change the air, in order to ensure that they can breathe normally.

Second, is the sea snake poisonous

Sea snakes are poisonous, and their venom is considered the strongest animal poison. The venom of the hook-billed sea snake is twice the venom of the cobra and 80 times more toxic than sodium cyanide. Unlike the venom of cobras, the venom of sea snakes is neurotoxic, but the main part of the body they damage is the random muscle, not the nervous system.

Sea snake bites are painless and the venom has an incubation period. After being bitten by a sea snake, there are no obvious symptoms of poisoning for about 1-3 hours. But after the incubation period, the venom will begin to spread, the poisoned people will first feel weak muscles, with time and the spread of venom, they will appear body aches and pains, drooping eyelids and other symptoms. But this symptom is similar to tetanus, and many breeders can't distinguish it in time. But if the toxicity is too deep, the heart and kidneys will be damaged, and the most red appears to die.