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Palaeophis (SciiFii)

The giant sea snake (Palaeophis modernus, name meaning "modern ancient snake") is a species of marine snake that originally lived in what is now Europe and North America during the Cretaceous period to the Eocene epoch, approximately from 70.6 to 33.9 million years ago, as various extinct Palaeophis species and was once extinct, but has since been brought back from extinction by SciiFii and introduced to the modern Pacific and Atlantic coastlines of Eurasia and North America to help boost biodiversity. Despite its name, it is not closely related to the modern sea snakes, but is instead the only living member of the snake family Palaeophiidae. The giant sea snake comes in more than 30 subspecies, ranging from the smallest subspecies growing around 1.3 metres in length, while the largest subspecies can grow be about 9 meters (29.5 ft) in length, making it one of the largest known snakes. Unlike true sea snakes, giant sea snakes are nonvenomous and instead rely on constricting its prey, much like anacondas, boas, and pythons. The giant sea snakes are specialised aquatic animals, with each subspecies filling their own ecological niches different from one another. The giant sea snake is warm-blooded, unlike most snakes, so it has a considerably faster metabolism and growth rate than other snakes. The giant sea snakes are solitary animals in most of their lives except during breeding seasons, and the female giant sea snakes lay around 30 eggs at a time and abandons them, in a manner similar to sea turtles, only for the giant sea snake hatchlings eggs to hatch out and swim into the sea. The conservation status of all known subspecies of giant sea snakes is Least Concern due to successful conservation efforts, the giant sea snake's wide range, and its tolerance to most of human activities, including pollution, the giant sea snake also has the ability to adapt to life in the coastal cities and suburbs.

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