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SEA. The ocean; the great mass of waters which surrounds the land, and which
probably extends from pole to pole, covering nearly three quarters of the
globe. Waters within the ebb and flow of the tide, are to be considered the
sea. Gilp. R. 526.
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Bryan Fry, a biologist at the University of Melbourne in Australia, does just that with rattlesnakes, king cobras, death adders, sea snakes, and other reptiles most of us would rather avoid. Inclusion of exotic subjects, such as treatment of bites by sea snakes and scorpions and attacks by large animals, makes for interesting reading. With flattened tails and valve-like nostrils that keep out seawater, sea snakes have evolved into fearsome swimmers, but writhe helplessly on land. |
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