Sea snakes are a subfamily of Agkistrodon, similar to Cobinae, and they are all poisonous snakes with anterior incisors. The tail is as flat as an oar, and the back of the trunk is slightly flat. It is also called the green ring sea snake, spotted sea snake, etc. It is distributed in the coastal waters of Liaoning, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and Taiwan Province in China.

Are sea snakes poisonous?

Sea snakes are highly toxic and belong to the strongest animal poison. The venom of the hook-billed sea snake is twice as toxic as cobra venom and 8 times as toxic as sodium cyanide. Sea snakes bite without pain, and their toxic attacks have a incubation period. After being bitten by sea snakes, there are no obvious symptoms of poisoning within 3 minutes or even 3 hours. However, this is very dangerous and easy to make people numb. People who are bitten may die within hours to days.

The most poisonous animal in the world is Taipan snake, which is known as the "king of poisonous snakes". The toxicity of sea snake is similar to that of Taipan snake, and it ranks as the most poisonous snake in the world. Its venom is 2 times that of the king of cobra, and it can poison 25, mice within 24 hours.

What are the natural enemies of sea snakes?

Although sea snakes are highly toxic, they also have natural enemies. Seahawks and other carnivorous seabirds eat sea snakes. As soon as they see sea snakes swimming on the sea, they quickly dive down from the air, grab one and fly away. Although sea snakes are fierce, once they leave the water, they have no offensive ability and can hardly defend themselves. In addition, some sharks also feed on sea snakes.

The distribution of sea snakes in China

There are 15 species of sea snakes in the coastal areas of China, including blue-ringed sea snakes, long-snouted sea snakes, flat-headed sea snakes, ringed sea snakes, black-headed sea snakes, pale gray sea snakes, half-ringed flat-tailed sea snakes, blue-gray sea snakes, small-headed sea snakes and sea snakes.

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