Pelagic sea snakes dehydrate at sea
Pelagic sea snakes dehydrate at sea
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Pelagic sea snakes dehydrate at sea
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The Royal Society
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Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences, 2014-05, Vol.281 (1782), p.1-5
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English
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Secondarily marine vertebrates are thought to live independently of fresh water. Here, we demonstrate a paradigm shift for the widely distributed pelagic sea snake, Hydrophis (Pelamis) platurus, which dehydrates at sea and spends a significant part of its life in a dehydrated state corresponding to seasonal drought. Snakes that are captured followi...
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Pelagic sea snakes dehydrate at sea
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TN_cdi_jstor_primary_43601699
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_jstor_primary_43601699
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0962-8452
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