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[–] x4740N@lemm.ee 16 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

I have seen a striped white and black one while oversees on holiday casually swimming on the beach in the water

Clarification edit: it was the snake casually swimming on the beach near the shore, not me

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_krait

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[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago
[–] tamal3@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I have never been scared of snakes. They aren't spooky, they don't turn my stomach. The phobia has never made sense to me.

But I think if I saw that thing slither by while diving I would get it. Huh.

[–] x4740N@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

Would be even scarier if you saw it I'm your perifial vision, imagine that