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One of the world's most deadly sea snakes was found washed up alive on a Sydney beach yesterday - a marathon-swim south of its normal home.Scientists believe the snake, which breeds in tropical and subtropical waters off the east and west coasts of Austra

One of the world's most deadly sea snakes was found washed up alive on a Sydney beach yesterday - a marathon-swim south of its normal home.Scientists believe the snake, which breeds in tropical and subtropical waters off the east and west coasts of Australia, may have unwittingly drifted from Queensland to Sydney on an unusually strong southerly ocean current.Dr. Mark Campbell, a Harbord veterinarian, spotted the metre-long yellow-bellied sea snake on the sand at Curl Curl beach early yesterday morning. May 16, 1990. (Photo by Steven Siewert/Fairfax Media via Getty Images).
One of the world's most deadly sea snakes was found washed up alive on a Sydney beach yesterday - a marathon-swim south of its normal home.Scientists believe the snake, which breeds in tropical and subtropical waters off the east and west coasts of Australia, may have unwittingly drifted from Queensland to Sydney on an unusually strong southerly ocean current.Dr. Mark Campbell, a Harbord veterinarian, spotted the metre-long yellow-bellied sea snake on the sand at Curl Curl beach early yesterday morning. May 16, 1990. (Photo by Steven Siewert/Fairfax Media via Getty Images).
One of the world's most deadly sea snakes was found washed up alive on a Sydney beach yesterday - a marathon-swim south of its normal home.Scientists believe the snake, which breeds in tropical and subtropical waters off the east and west coasts of Austra
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