CaboSur
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Yellow Bellied Sea Snake ? Venomous ?
Yellow Bellied Sea Snake
Found this snake ALIVE on the beach in front of the Grand Mayan in San Jose del Cabo.
Don't know anything about them. Approx. 16 inches long . very vibrant yellow and white
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I've seen them on the mainland side, and occasionally in the SOC. They are definitely venomous, but not really aggressive. Always startling to bump
into one when snorkeling.
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they kill dogs regularly. pick it up and put it back. the only place they can bite you is fingertips, webs between fingers or lips/ears. in Oaxaca the
local said the venom sack was so far away from the teeth that any sane person would pull it of them before a serious dose was administered.
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The yellow-bellied sea snake is reported to be among the more docile of sea snake species, but its venom is a potent nerve toxin that acts by blocking
transmission of messages from nerves to muscles. Apparently, however, sea snakes do not usually inject their toxin when biting defensively and two of
three defensive bites involve no toxin. The greatest number of sea snake bites to humans are reported from the Philippines and southeastern Asia where
snakes are accidentally caught in fishing nets. Fatal bites result in death from respiratory, heart, or kidney failure. Less severe cases result in
breakdown of muscle tissue and kidney damage, but victims recover without long-term effects if effective antivenom is received.
Since yellow-bellied sea snakes are only rarely found close to shore (when wind or currents cause beach strandings), they pose less of a danger than
the inshore species of the western Pacific and Indian Oceans. Once ashore, the ocean-going yellow-bellied sea snake cannot crawl because of its
tapered belly. While there are occasional sightings of yellow-bellied sea snakes in Hawaiian waters and rare beach strandings (sometimes coinciding
with El Nino Current years), there have been no reports of bites from yellow-bellied sea snakes in Hawaii.
Edit to say I copied this information from here:
http://www.waikikiaquarium.org/experience/animal-guide/repti...
[Edited on 3-14-2015 by Katiejay99]
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they were not rare in the surf zone in Oaxaca.
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I used to see venomous sea snakes quite frequently when I was surfing in Vietnam - I had no idea they were here as well! Learned something new today!
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Snakers
Saw them while doing dive charters in costa rico...even had one fool that wanted to go back in and swim with them and take pics up close !! started
motor and left...
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They are venomous, but do not bite unless they are being defensive. If you see one while diving, just let them do their thing. Their mouths are very
small. I can see how a dog could get bitten, so be careful.
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About 12 years ago, I was launching a boat with my fishing buddy at the Serinadad river-ramp in the pre-dawn darkness. As I was wading in the shallow
muck next to the boat's bow holding a flashlight, a critter very much like that slithered across my left foot, which thankfully was in a water-booty.
Docile or not, that critter sliding over my foot kind of spooked me...and I opened a couple Pacificos earlier than normal that day.
Over the years since, I've told Co-pilot about it a few times and she has gradually become convinced it was a close encounter of the poisonous kind
and I am very brave for not running screaming into the dark like my buddy said I did...
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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We used to see them very often around the Manzanillo, Barra de Navidad area on the mainland. What surprised me is that we would encounter them while
snorkeling along the shoreline, down deeper while scuba diving, and on the surface miles off shore.
I wonder what their main food supply was?
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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I have been informed by a responsible & very respectable source that it is Liberal Democrats. 
Barry
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That's totally understandable, Tea party Republicans would even make a Snake Puke.
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Barry A.
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Well, burp maybe---------snakes have a hard time with the energy and integrity contained in a Republican, I have heard. 
B
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Used to see them in the water and live on the beach over in PV. The waves would wash them on shore. My buddy would pick them up with a stick and
throw them toward me and I thought nothing of it, till I got home and did some research.
They have a very high degree of Neurotoxic poison, very similar to a Cobra.
"YOU CAN'T LITTER ALUMINUM"
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Quote: Originally posted by CaboSur  | Yellow Bellied Sea Snake
Found this snake ALIVE on the beach in front of the Grand Mayan in San Jose del Cabo.
Don't know anything about them. Approx. 16 inches long . very vibrant yellow and white
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There was a good Samaritan there who flipped the snake with his flip flop back into the water. The
next wave washed it back upon the beach again and then i left. Hopefully these aren't going to become common in the BAJA.
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Here's their main competition for that yummy food:
Bob Durrell
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AKgringo
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Well maybe its time for me to jump in to this left-wing/right-wing hijack. Naa.......I would rather go play with the snake!
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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