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California Beach Cleaning Service Officer (USA) was shocked when he discovered a rare, very poisonous snake on seashore in san diego. Among the beached garbage he found the dead body of a poisonous snake, which for unknown reasons ended up in the sea, and then was thrown to the beach.
This year, this happens more than once. First time a poisonous snake was found in October 2015 on Strand Beach State Beach in Ventura. The find was immediately handed over to employees Scripps Institute of Oceanography.
Similar snakes are typically found in tropical regions. Pacific and Indian oceans, including on the west coast Central America, Hawaii and Japan. Animal has a very bright coloration of the abdomen, which serves as warnings about its toxicity to other animals. It is known that upon detection of danger to his life, the snake bites the victim and introduces toxic poison, but so far there have been no deaths from her bite registered.
One of the employees of the Museum of Natural History in Los Angeles reported that the snake found does not pose a particular danger to human health she is relatively small and very shy. Most often, a small sea fish becomes its victim. Nevertheless, experts advise to stay away from these reptiles away.
In the entire history of oceanography, only six such snakes have been found. The first time this happened in 1972.
Although experts are surprised at this finding, the reason for what happened clear: the warm waters of the equatorial Pacific could throw ashore many interesting tropical animals.
“The rise in water temperature in the Pacific Ocean caused by the phenomenon El Nino has led to many inexplicable migrations. For example, we saw rare species of fish swim in local waters, including hammerhead sharks and mahi-mahi, “said biology professor Karen Martin.
A sea snake found may seem like a strange find, but not as strange as it was in 2013 when experts caught an 18-foot (5.5 meters) animal. In addition, in the womb of the dead scientists snakes found hundreds of thousands of eggs.
Employees at the Los Angeles Museum of Natural History immediately report the discovery of such marine finds.
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