How would you feel if you see Dinosaurs
alive once again ? The same has happened as scientists found two sea
snake species which was found to be extinct years ago. An undated
handout photo received from the Department of Parks and Wildlife on
December 22, 2015 shows two short-nose sea snakes off the coast of
Western Australia.
The short-nose sea
snake and the leaf-scaled sea snake were touted to be extinct as their
only habitat is on Ashmore reef at the Timor Sea. For past 15 years,
there has been no updates regarding this snake.
James
Cook University researchers wrote in the Biological Conservation
journal wrote that they were an extinct species. But they have been seen
healthy and 'alive' at Ningaloo Reef (short-nose sea snake) and Shark
Bay (leaf-scaled sea snake).
Regarding
this, Blanche D'Anastasi said, "We are so excited with this discovery.
We get another chance to protect these two endemic Western Australian
sea snake species. But to protect them, we need to face lots of
challenges. We need to monitor the populations of the whole species and
we should not provide them any threats."