Wednesday 28 July 2010

Link of the day- Seasnakes of England...

Hi. Welcome to weirdbeautiful.
First link of the day today is this odd story in the British tabloid newspaper "The Sun" of a body-boarder who claims he was bitten by a tropical sea snake off the coast of Cornwall (England)-

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3067153/Tourist-believes-he-was-bitten-by-a-tropical-sea-snake-off-the-coast-of-Cornwall.html

Quite a few snakes have venoms that cause their victims to bleed from their mouths in the aftermath of being bitten. Similarly, the bite site oozing fluid and blood is characteristic of a lot of snake bites, including that of the adder (Vipera berus)(something -the badly swollen, oozing wounding- I got to witness at first hand, when my dog was bitten by a snake a few years ago).

The Sun is also hosting this impressive gallery-

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/3067121/Amazing-wildlife-pictures-from-photographer-Scott-Linstead.html

- of wildlife images by Canadian teacher-turned photographer Scott Linstead.

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