An English backpacker who died after he was bitten by a sea snake on a prawn trawler asked 'am I going to be all right?' Mr Hastings said he only discovered how venomous the snakes were when he Googled the British worker's symptoms, the NT News reported. Sea snake researcher at James Cook University Dr. Blanche D'Anastasi said they were 'by and large very gentle animals'. The court also heard the skipper regretted not contacting the Englishman's mother when Mr Evans' condition started to deteriorate. Mr Evans' death is the second in Australian history resulting from a sea snake bite, with the last being recorded in 1934.

Source: Daily Mail November 26, 2019 22:52 UTC