PLETTENBERG BAY NEWS - The rough sea conditions over the past week have brought interesting, but dangerous visitors to Plettenberg Bay beaches including the highly venomous yellow-bellied sea snake.
Two of these pelagic snakes, mostly found in tropical waters around the world, have washed up on Plett beaches over the past week.
Experts have warned beachgoers not to handle these snakes as, although bites are rare, they can deliver a highly venomous neurotoxin that can be lethal.
CapeNature senior field marine ranger Chanel Hauvette said the two snakes found along Plett beaches had been successfully rescued by local snake experts and were currently being stabilised and nurtured back to health in a local aquarium.
"Once sea conditions have improved and the snakes are in good condition to be released, we will take them out to sea where conditions are favourable and release them back into the wild," Hauvette said.
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