How to Use sea snake in a Sentence

sea snake

noun
Definition of sea snakenext
Synonyms for sea snakenext
  • The best advice for divers: Even if a giant sea snake is hurtling toward you, hold very still.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 28 Aug. 2021
  • Palaeophis colossaeus is the largest sea snake to ever have existed.
    — Alex Orlando, Discover Magazine, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Forrest Galante has a theory that deadly sea snakes might have something to do with it.
    — Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 21 July 2023
  • This ancestral snake species lived on the land and would later evolve into all snake species, including sea snakes.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 12 July 2023
  • Starfish are the color of warm skies at midnight; sea snakes, banded in silver and shimmering black, wriggle towards the soft cyan sea.
    — Nick Remsen, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2017
  • That includes the olive sea snake, Aipysurus laevis, pictured here.
    — Alison MacKey, Discover Magazine, 15 Mar. 2019
  • Clown fish, parrotfish, groupers and snappers lay eggs and hide from predators in the reef’s nooks and crannies, and their presence draws eels, sea snakes, octopuses and even sharks.
    — Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2019
  • This highly aggressive species kills more humans than any other sea snake.
    — Myles Karp, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Oct. 2020
  • Forrest Galante believes that deadly sea snakes are turning these apex predators into prey.
    — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 12 July 2023
  • Forrest Galante has a theory that deadly sea snakes are turning these apex predators into prey!
    — Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 26 July 2023
  • The research team advises divers to remain still and avoid retaliation when approached by a sea snake.
    — Gabrielle Duncan, PEOPLE.com, 24 Aug. 2021
  • At night, the beams of our lights revealed slithering sea snakes, translucent cuttlefish, and striped orange and yellow nudibranchs, slugs that looked like jewels.
    — James Sturz, WSJ, 4 Aug. 2017
  • Unlike a sea snake, which uses its whole sinuous body to swim, this robot uses modular pieces of itself to maneuver.
    — Matt Simon, Wired, 12 May 2021
  • During sea snake mating season, females often encourage males to give chase.
    — Gabrielle Duncan, PEOPLE.com, 24 Aug. 2021
  • Sea turtles, dolphins, humpback whales, sea snakes and sharks glide through this underwater paradise -- one of the world's most complex and fragile natural ecosystems.
    — Esan Swan, CNN, 25 Nov. 2019
  • Fish kills is a general term the FWC uses to describe marine life and fatalities have included a large amount of mullet and catfish, but also at least one sea turtle, crabs, sea snakes and at least one pelican.
    — Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com, 12 Dec. 2019
  • But several studies published within the past few years have shown a link between fresh water availability and the distribution of sea snake populations.
    — Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 19 Mar. 2014
  • Wunderpus and mimic octopuses are the ultimate quick-change artists, hiding in plain sight by impersonating everything from rocks and seaweed to sea snakes and lionfish.
    — Eric Scigliano, National Geographic, 15 Oct. 2019
  • So instead of reproducing a sea snake’s hypnotic winding movements—a complicated coordination between muscle and bone—the researchers opted for thrusters that push and steer the robot.
    — Matt Simon, Wired, 12 May 2021
  • Many are potentially dangerous, including wolves, grizzly bears, komodo dragons, and reptiles such as sea snakes and cottonmouths.
    — Gregory B. Hladky, courant.com, 27 Apr. 2018
  • Unlike their terrestrial cousins, sea snakes are largely understudied.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 1 Dec. 2019
  • Scientists have recently started questioning whether marine vertebrates, such as the sea snake, truly live independently of fresh water.
    — Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 19 Mar. 2014

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