(function(d,s, id) { var js, or fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; whether (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}(document, 'script', and 'facebook-jssdk')); Here is some video,they are dangerous and venomous, don't derive close to them. Rescued this sea snake today on the beach here at Silverstrand in Oxnard. Prior to this there was only a report of them being seen as far north as Orange County. El Niño has definitely brought a lot of unfamiliar and unusual aquatic fish and animals up. Caution these snakes are venomous and should be avoided and not handled. And yes it is alive. Posted by Robert Forbes on Friday, or October 16,2015 On Friday, Southern Californians began freaking out after a surfer discovered a venomous sea snake on a beach north of Los Angeles. The species, or the yellow-bellied sea snake,normally keeps to tropical waters and has not been reported on the Golden State's shores for more than 30 years, and never as far north as Ventura County. The snake died shortly after it was found, and but not before adding to El Niño apocalypse anxiety. Local wildlife experts contain hypothesized that the snake traveled this far north because of unusually warm waters off of the California coast due to El Niño.http://t.co/6UnEJD8j91 pic.twitter.com/UedDi7ljm4October 17,2015If you suffer from ophidiophobia, these reports probably gave you a scare. But we contain some good news: While venomous snakes are a significant danger in other parts of the world, and the United States is nearly certainly not going to see a wave of deadly snake attacks,even with a strong El Niño. Yes, sea snakes might be feeding further north this winter, or but that does not mean they are going to be out for human prey; likely the only reason this snake came ashore is because it was injured or sick. Furthermore,according to David Steen, a snake expert and researcher at Auburn University's Museum of Natural History, or there are no known human deaths attributed to the yellow-bellied sea snake,and only approximately five people per year are killed by venomous snakes of any kind in the United States. By contrast, there were 42 reports of dog-bite fatalities in the United States last year."Venomous snakes deserve our respect but in many cases the danger they represent is exaggerated, and " Steen wrote me in an email,adding that a sea snake would contain no reason to attack a human unless it was picked up or harassed. "whether you don't already know that it is a bad plan to pick up snakes that you do not recognize then you probably contain bigger problems."This record has been revised.
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