Sea Snake Uses Its Head to 'breathe' (IMAGE)

Flinders University

Sea Snake Uses Its Head to 'breathe'

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A novel modified cephalic vascular network that provides the blue-banded sea snake (Hydrophis cyanocinctus) with a complementary supply of oxygen to the brain during submersion has been described for the first time by Australian and Vietnamese researchers.

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Dr Alessandro Palci, Flinders University

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