By Tia Ghose, Staff Writer | March 18, 2014 08:01pm ET
Like camels of the sea, a species of sea snake goes without a drink for months on end, gradually dehydrating, before refueling with freshwater when rain falls, new research suggests.
"Perhaps six or seven months of the year, these snakes are living thirsty," said Coleman Sheehy III, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Florida, and a co-author of the study published today (March 18) in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
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