In this exciting adventure, Jonathan travels to Manuk, a tiny, uninhabited volcanic island several hundred miles from the nearest populated island in Indonesia, on a mission to discover why the waters of this remote place are teeming with thousands of venomous sea snakes!
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Some of the world’s richest coral reefs thrive in Indonesia. Located in the middle of the so-called coral triangle, the diversity of species and colors of Indonesian reefs absolutely amazes me every time I get the chance to dive here.
This time however, it’s not the reefs I have come to film, but a remote and uninhabited island whose waters are reputed to teem with thousands of sea snakes!
The island, known as Manuk, is an active volcano a hundred kilometers from the nearest inhabited island, smack dab in the middle of the Indonesian archipelago.
Getting there is no easy task. I have chartered the Seahorse, a traditional Indonesian Pinisi built for divers, for a special itinerary to reach Manuk Island.
Divemaster Jandri meets me at the marina in Sorong. It took me 2 full days of flying just to get to Sorong from the United States!
He takes me out to the Seahorse, my home away from home for the next two weeks.
This expedition will take 14 divers 1200 miles across the Banda Sea, from Sorong to Alor, stopping to dive along the way at many islands, the most important of which of course is Manuk.
The island is aptly named: Manuk means “bird” in several Indonesian dialects. And birds it has!
Manuk is completely uninhabited and there are a few reasons why. First of all, it’s kind of steep. But more importantly, it’s an active volcano! There are steam and sulfur vents all over the island.
It swims casually by flapping its flattened, paddle-like section of tail.
Sea snakes are among the most venomous animals on Earth. They use this venom to hunt, and fortunately, attacks on people are extremely rare.
Soon I start to see other sea snakes, and I realize that more and more have been appearing. Were they here before and I didn’t see them, or did they come out from someplace?
Clearly, some were sleeping. This one is taking a nap in plain view on the reef. I guess they don’t really have to worry about predators.
I watch this one sleep for a little while, and start to wonder if it’s even alive.
Pretty soon I notice that as the snakes are waking up, they are coming over to check me out.
Like land snakes, this is how a sea snake “smells” but at the same time, the tongue flicking helps get rid of excess salt from glands in its mouth.
Because sea snakes are reptiles just like land snakes, they have lungs and need to breathe air just like people. So a sea snake must head to the surface every once in a while for a breath. Sea snakes have a huge lung that takes up nearly the entire length of their bodies so they can hold a big breath that will last a while. Each time a sea snake surfaces, it usually spends a minute or two resting and breathing, before gulping in that last big breath and diving back down to the reef.
A breath can last 1-2 hours depending on the species, but most sea snakes breathe more often than that unless they are sleeping. They can also absorb a little bit of oxygen from the water directly through their skin, which helps them extend their dives.
The next morning I’m up at sunrise, and heading out to the reef for an early morning dive. Early morning is when the sea snakes hunt, and I’m hoping to witness the reef alive with sea snakes on the prowl!
Underwater, the light levels are still low, and I’m heading out to a deep seamount where I saw a lot of sea snakes yesterday. This should be a good place to find some sea snakes hunting.
When a sea snake hunts, it takes advantage of having a small head and a thin body to go from hole to hole in the reef, poking its head inside. It hopes to corner a fish or invertebrate that’s hiding in the hole.
Once the hunting starts, more sea snakes start coming in to the reef to join the hunt.
On this seamount more than a hundred feet from the surface, dozens of sea snakes are gathering to prowl the reef for food.
Sometimes, they appear to work together to make sure nothing escapes.
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Here are 10 facts about sea snakes to help gain an understanding of this fascinating and amazing creature
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Synopsis
Sea snakes are some of the most venomous sea
creatures in the oceans. They use their powerful
venom to defend themselves against attacks
although they are not aggressive by nature.
If one is bitten by a sea snake, the symptoms
include generalized aching, stiffness, and
tenderness of muscles all over the body. This
can later lead to paralysis and some bites
may result in death if they are not treated
quickly.
There are currently 62 species of sea snake
and they can measure between 3.9 to 4.9 feet
long. They largest sea snake can reach 9.8
feet in length.
Their color and patterns on their bodies depend
on the species and can be an assortment of
colours from black, red, white, grey or blue.
Although there are some species which are
uniformly coloured.
They are extremely adept swimmers and swim
very quickly however when traversing dry land
they are very clumsy movers.
Sea snakes have moveable valves that stop
water from getting into their noses and they
have the ability to get rid of salt from their
bodies which is excessive.
Many sea snakes just prefer to swim in the
shallow water and they are able to dive for
up to an hour without coming up to the surface
for breath. On average they will be underwater
for up to 30 mins before returning to the
surface.
They are able to breathe whilst using their
lungs and through their skin.
Sea snakes are carnivores whose diet mainly
consists of varying types of eggs, fish, mollusks
and crustaceans.
Sea snakes are able to live up to 10 years
in the wild and they will mate at different
times of the year. They will lay their eggs
on the ground to hatch after a gestation period
of usually around 9 months. They are able
to give birth to up to 25 young.
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In this exciting excerpt from the third season of Jonathan Bird's Blue World, Jonathan demonstrates how sea snakes are actually quite docile, in spit of being among the most venomous animals in the world!
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Every year, thousands of snakes gather at the Narcisse Snake Dens in Manitoba, Canada. It's billed as the largest gathering of snakes anywhere in the world. Manitoba's climate and geology make it the perfect place for red-sided garter snakes to live and mate. It has become a tourist attraction, but it's not for the faint of heart.
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Venomous banded sea kraits hunt small fish on a coral reef by chasing them into crevices. By cooperating with yellow goatfish and trevally, which scare the prey into crevices, the snakes can hunt more effectively.
This clip was first created on the Planet Earth website: bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/planetearth/.
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The Hydrophiinae, also known as coral reef snakes or sea snakes, are a subfamily of venomous elapid snakes that inhabit marine environments for most or all of their lives. Though they evolved from terrestrial ancestors, most are extensively adapted to a fully aquatic life and are unable to move on land, except for the genus Laticauda, which retain ancestral characteristics, allowing limited land movement. They are found in warm coastal waters from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific.
All have paddle-like tails and many have laterally compressed bodies that give them an eel-like appearance. Unlike fish, they do not have gills and must surface regularly to breathe. They are among the most completely aquatic of all air-breathing vertebrates. Among this group are species with some of the most potent venoms of all snakes. Some have gentle dispositions and bite only when provoked, but others are much more aggressive. Currently, 17 genera are described as sea snakes, comprising 62 species.
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Popped in some feeder goldfish for this trio
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Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens chief herpetologist Nick Clark talks about the four species of venomous snakes that live in central Florida. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)
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Coyote Peterson lives for adventure and for him kayaking to a remote island that is home to thousands of snakes is the perfect way to spend a day at the beach!
North Bass Island is a sanctuary for one of the rarest snakes on the planet, the Lake Erie Water Snake. Once nearly pushed to the edge of extinction these snakes are now rebounding back on the Erie Islands and are proving to be one of the most beneficial species to their island ecosystems. Beautiful, fast and challenging to capture, Coyote will have his hands full as he attempts to avoid the onslaught of bites from this feisty reptile!
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Man Grabs Giant Anaconda by the Tail. A group of fishermen tried several times to drag and pull a massive anaconda out of the water from their boat. The footage has got them in a bit of trouble recently because the careless act has been ruled in violation of wildlife protection laws. Does this constitute a criminal act and if so what do you think the penalty should be?
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Rems Production and Dive College present those potentially deadly reptile that are the sea snakes.
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a sea snake that was on beach here in surfers
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Go pro close up video of a life and death drama played out on a small southern stream.
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This video provides an overview of some initial torque-based motions for the Series Elastic Snake Robot (SEA Snake). Because the SEA Snake has the unique ability to accurately sense and control the torque of each of its joints, it can execute life-like compliant and adaptive motions, without complex controller or tactile sensing.
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a few sea snakes we came across in Okinawa. They are very curious and highly venomous, but quite tame. The current was really strong here, hence the shakiness
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i survived ,but i think i was a little to courageous so the snake :)
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Watch Coyote as he films a Lake Erie Water Snake swallowing down one of its primary food sources the invasive Round Goby; a nasty little bottom dwelling fish species that is causing serious problems in the Lake Erie ecosystem. If you don’t like snakes...get ready to change your mind because the Lake Erie Water Snake is on the hunt against the invaders!
More info on the invasive Round Goby problem here: http://www.protectyourwaters.net/hitchhikers/fish_round_goby.php
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swimming with olive sea snakes great barrier reef, ribbon reef, australia
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This girls is crazy! She cacthes Agressive Water Snakes and is beaten by them, insane!
Amy Siewe: “I have a crazy (some may say insane) fascination for reptiles and amphibians, but mainly for snakes. For two weeks out of the year, the Erie Water Snakes are more than abundant on the shores of Lake Erie and the Erie Islands. There is nothing I like better than to go catch them, admire them, and release them. People don't usually understand what I mean when I say my favorite thing to do in the world is to go catch snakes...so here is a taste of what I do! Just for the record....these are not venomous."
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Sea Snake on Castaway Island Fiji
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Водяной уж ( шахматная змея ), абсолютно безобидная змея, питается в основном бычками. Снято в районе мыса Казантип.
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2014 has been a great year of Diving for me. It started off with Whale sharks and Manta rays in Thailand around Richelieu Rock and Koh Bon. In Egypt we saw small schools of hammerheads. Last but not least there were lots of grey reef sharks, a manta ray, olive sea snakes and lots of other amazing things at Osprey Reef Reef and the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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Close up of a small sea snake eating a fish in the island of Mauritius
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▶ Northern water snake (Nerodia sipedon) feasting on what appears to be a male round goby (Neogobius melanostomus) on Beausoleil Island in Georgian Bay Islands National Park, Ontario. There are also rattlesnakes there.
Interestingly, the snake started feeding on the fish from behind.
As for the round goby, it is an invasive species in North America and is native to the Black and Caspian seas in central Eurasia.
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Take a look at some of the most amazing sea life that the scientists were able to catch on video while in the Tongan Reefs!
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Introducing the Bio-inspired Sea Snake Robot, a team of mechanical engineering students have developed the initial prototype of Australia's first robotic sea snake for their 2014 Honours project at the University of Adelaide.
The BISS robot has taken inspiration from sea snake morphology and swimming style, and will be able to navigate complex marine environments in order to help researchers discreetly study sea snakes and other marine life.
This project will be an ongoing collaboration with computer scientists, environmental scientists and engineers within an interdisciplinary research group.
Presented at MechExpo (Ingenuity) 2014, Bio-inspired Sea Snake Robot was winner of the People's Choice Award.
Read more about this project:
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Your dad is no fuckin' fool, he can't live without my love tool.
This is the complete LP Too Cool for Rock and Roll by the Impotent Sea Snakes.
The pictures are not meant to correspond directly to the songs, except the last track where it was done for humor. The images do NOT reflect the lineup of the band during the recording or release of this record, but are used because of the limited number of photos available. Apologies for the quality of some of the images for the same reason. I wanted to make the album available for people and the pictures are really just there so it's not a blank screen.
I took this directly off the original vinyl.
RIP 13
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A sea snake we saw when swimming in the lagoon on Vanuatu and some fish like in a fish tank.
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