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Between Land and Water: The Dual Life of a Sea Krait

The yellow-lipped sea krait is an expert underwater hunter, that must return to land to digest its meals. Meet an aquatic snake that needs both land and water to survive.
Film by Sustain Team
Updated   July 28, 2025
Film by Sustain Team
Updated   July 28, 2025
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The yellow-lipped sea krait is an expert underwater hunter, that must return to land to digest its meals. Meet an aquatic snake that needs both land and water to survive.
Watch the film in English. Thumbnail: Umeed Mistry
Watch the film in Hindi. Thumbnail: Umeed Mistry


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Sustain Team

Sustain Team

We are a driven group of people from diverse backgrounds, bound by an abiding love for India’s natural world.

Published Sep 22, 2022

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