Oddities

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(Hydrophis platurus) yellow-bellied sea snake, yellowbelly sea snake or pelagic sea snake 

A species of snake from the subfamily Hydrophiinae (the sea snakes) found in tropical oceanic waters around the world, excluding the Atlantic Ocean. It was the only member of the genus Pelamis but recent molecular evidence suggests that it is more closely related to the species of the genus Hydrophis.

Usually floats among flotsam or floating seaweed at the surface in tropical or sub-tropical zones of the Pacific & northern Indian Oceans. They capture small fish that happen to pass nearby using a quick sideways lunge. Quite inoffensive, but when restrained or when stranded on a beach it will bite (& may actively strike) to defend itself.