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Recent Examples of sea snake
There was yet more to see—wild horses and noodle-nosed saiga antelope, coves of turquoise water filled with shipwrecks and sea snakes, and camel caravans on the Turkman border.
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J.r. Patterson, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 June 2024
Jenny — as the creature affectionately became known — was thought to look like a giant sea snake and was described as anywhere from 25 to 80 feet long.
—Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 24 June 2024
These include species of shovel-nosed snakes, which evolved to dig up prey, and species of sea snakes, which swim with a paddlelike tail and snack on prey such as reef fish.
—Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 23 Feb. 2024
The team found that the annulated sea snake now has four intact copies of the opsin gene SWS1.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 12 July 2023
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J.r. Patterson, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 June 2024
Jenny — as the creature affectionately became known — was thought to look like a giant sea snake and was described as anywhere from 25 to 80 feet long.
—Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 24 June 2024
These include species of shovel-nosed snakes, which evolved to dig up prey, and species of sea snakes, which swim with a paddlelike tail and snack on prey such as reef fish.
—Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 23 Feb. 2024
The team found that the annulated sea snake now has four intact copies of the opsin gene SWS1.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 12 July 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sea snake
Noun
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The garter snakes were all safely released on the same property away from where the crews were digging.—
Brooke Baitinger,
Sacbee.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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The Sierra garter snake told us this is not the case.—
Sean Greene,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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According to the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control, between 7,000 to 8,000 people are bit by a venomous snake (including rattlesnakes, copperheads, cottonmouths and coral snakes) in the U.S. each year.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
25 May 2025
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In mouse trials, the antidote was found to be protective against venom from the black mamba, king cobra, coral snakes and tiger snakes, among others.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
5 May 2025
Noun
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Apartments would transform into humid hothouses, the perfect habitat for mosquitoes, water snakes, fungus, and rushes.—
Sarah Durn,
Popular Science,
5 June 2025
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Waterfowl glided near us, a water snake slithered by.—
Elisabeth Vincentelli,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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Start with her novel The Essex Serpent, which brings a contemporary psychoanalytical lens to a lurid Victorian fantasia of a plot about a massive sea serpent terrorizing a small town.—
Constance Grady,
Vox,
7 Dec. 2018
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Researchers will undoubtedly keep delving deep to investigate how so many real-life sea serpents thrived on our world.—
Riley Black,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 Apr. 2025
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According to wildlife specialist Kayla Jobe, who spoke with KOKI, bull snakes are not venomous and can be helpful to have near (but not in) your home since the reptile eats small rodents.—
Tabitha Parent,
People.com,
17 Dec. 2024
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The backyard was home to a population of wildlife, such as bull snakes, racoons and skunks.—
Dana Oland,
Idaho Statesman,
31 Jan. 2024
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The reptile seen in the Ring footage was a rat snake.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
4 June 2025
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Though rat snakes pose no direct threat to humans, their presence inside a home is still enough to send a chill down any resident's spine.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
10 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Aside from the green snake logo on the lid, there's no reason the Razer Blade 16 couldn't work just as well for work, content creation, side hobbies, or school, in addition to gaming.—
Luke Larsen,
Wired News,
9 June 2025
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Gray foxes are said to reside here along with reptiles like the smooth green snake and eastern milk snake, as well as numerous birds, including the Virginian rail, Henslow’s sparrow, bobolink and eastern meadowlark.—
Susan DeGrane,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Mar. 2025
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Like when my husband assured me that the snake right outside the door was a rattler, so the poor gopher snake died needlessly.—
Chi Varnado,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 June 2025
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In Hawaii, a gopher snake could threaten the food chain because the species has no natural predators in the state.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
21 Nov. 2024
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“Sea snake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sea%20snake. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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