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Yellow-lipped sea krait
Laticauda colubrina
Sea snakes🦷 Bites
Danger to people: Very dangerousIt can kill a person who gets no treatment.Yellow-lipped sea krait belongs to the group: Sea snakes. It lives in: The oceans.2
Venom power
Bites
Venom comes out through its fangs or teeth when it bites.
How dangerous is it to people?
Danger to people: Very dangerousIt can kill a person who gets no treatment.🚑 If it bites or stings
- Pressure immobilisation: wrap a firm elastic bandage over the bite and then up the whole limb, splint it, and keep the person completely still until help arrives.
- Get the person out of the water and to a hospital fast.
Always call your emergency number first (112, 000, 911). This is general first aid guidance, not medical advice. First aid basics
⛑️ Stay safe
- Never touch, catch or tease a wild animal, even a small one, and even if it looks asleep or dead.
- Give it space. If you meet one, stay calm, step back slowly and let it go its own way.
- If one bites or stings you: stay calm, keep still, call your emergency number (112, 000, 911) or get to a hospital fast. Remember what it looked like, a photo helps.
It is not out to get you. It uses its venom to catch food or to protect itself, and it would much rather hide. More about staying safe
Where in the world?
How big is it?
How long is it?
as long as 2.5 house cats nose to tail🍌as long as 7 bananas end to end🏊could swim the length of a big swimming pool (50 m) in 43 secondsHow big is Yellow-lipped sea krait compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
Yellow-lipped sea krait about 4.2 km/h (2.6 mph)
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
A kid on a bike about 12 km/h (7.5 mph)
A galloping horse about 65 km/h (40 mph)
Where the facts come from
- Laticauda colubrina (iNaturalist): names and classification.
- Venom Wiki: the danger level, the typical size and the speed guess are our own. See how we work them out: How we rate danger.
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