Sea Snakes Seek Out Freshwater To Slake Thirst

By Richard Chasey, posted on November 12th, 2008 in Biodiversity, Water

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Originally Published by Science Daily

Experiments with three species of captive sea kraits captured near Taiwan, however, found that the snakes refused to drink saltwater even if thirsty — and then would drink only freshwater or heavily diluted saltwater.

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