University of Adelaide: Seafloor-Foraging Sea Snakes Sometimes Wiggle
October 29, 2025
October 29, 2025
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Researchers at the University of Adelaide, Australia, have for the first time closely tracked the fine-scale diving behavior of two sea snake species that forage along the seafloor and uncovered a peculiar wiggle performed by one species while traveling underwater.
Shannon Coppersmith, a PhD candidate at the University of Adelaide who led the study, explained that for benthic foragers, which consume food at the seafloor, the distance between their food source . . .
Shannon Coppersmith, a PhD candidate at the University of Adelaide who led the study, explained that for benthic foragers, which consume food at the seafloor, the distance between their food source . . .