Banded Sea Snake, Tauranga Bridge Marina

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Banded Sea Snake, Tauranga Bridge Marina

Postby Michael Szabo » Fri Jun 15, 2018 6:16 pm

A Banded Sea Snake was reported in the Tauranga Bridge Marina on Sunday.

Link to story: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plent ... ref=NZH_fb

Link to photo: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zeal ... 8-1120.jpg
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Re: Banded Sea Snake, Tauranga Bridge Marina

Postby Neil Fitzgerald » Sat Jun 16, 2018 8:33 am

I got a bit excited when I saw the sea kraft on newshub this morning. Always hoped to see one one day and that one looks quite alive still (the video on nzherald is not the local one).

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