Due to unforeseen increases in temperature in the Pacific ocean, known as El Nino, thousands are not only predicting excessive amounts of rainfall, but the conditions that are causing heaps of marine life and numerous subtropical species to head north; such as the poisonous yellow-bellied snake. In fact, due to the warm waters, and the reversal of wind direction which is pushing warm waters to the East; frequent sightings and deblockedions of yellow-bellied snakes have been reported recently all throughout one Southern California beach.
The latest sighting in fact, made Friday morning, by surfer Bob Forbes, who described the snake as being of ill conditions and about “two feet long..with its top being dark brown and its bottom a bright yellow.” Forbes even goes into detail when describing his interactions, and impulses with the venomous phenom stating “It looked lethargic when I approached it. I touched it lightly and it started to move. I didn’t want some young kid not knowing what it was...pick it up and possibly get injured.” He then goes onto state on how upon seeing the snake, he picked it up carefully with his bare hands, placed it into a bucket of water before taking it home and contacting many agencies, one of which including the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County; who alas agreed to
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Though filled with much anticipation of seeing such a deadly creature, Pauly described the event as “...rare but..also somewhat predictable given that we are currently experiencing a fairly dramatic El Nino..” Though scientists haven't seen this yellow-bellied sea snake, in nearly thirty-five years since the last El Nino; residents are still being told that there are great predictions that there will soon be more to