Juergen Freund / Close-up of a Horned sea snake (Acalyptophis peronii) resting its head on its coils. Queensland, Australia, February

Juergen Freund / Close-up of a Horned sea snake (Acalyptophis peronii) resting its head on its coils. Queensland, Australia, February

Juergen Freund / Guido Westhoff with a Faraday shield. He uses this contraption to find out if sea snake tail has light receptors. The Faraday shield is used for shielding off noise. The electrodes and a light source...

Juergen Freund / Freshly caught sea snakes swimming inside a plastic crate. These snakes have been caught as part of a project to discover more about seasnake skin ultrastructure and sensory receptors. Queensland, Aus...

Juergen Freund / Water being poured onto freshly caught sea snakes stored in plastic crate. These snakes have been caught as part of a project to discover more about seasnake skin ultrastructure and sensory receptors....

Juergen Freund / Freshly caught Marbled sea snake (Aipysurus eydouxii) stored in orange ice box. This snake has been caught as part of a project to discover more about seasnake skin ultrastructure and sensory receptor...

Juergen Freund / Freshly caught sea snakes stored in orange ice box. These snakes have been caught as part of a project to discover more about seasnake skin ultrastructure and sensory receptors. Queensland, Australia,...

Juergen Freund / Freshly caught sea snake biting 5mm glove of researcher Guido Westhoff. This snake has been caught as part of a project to discover more about seasnake skin ultrastructure and sensory receptors. Queen...

Juergen Freund / Researcher Katja Westhoff scooping a sea snake out of the water. The snake is being caught as part of a project to discover more about seasnake skin ultrastructure and sensory receptors. Queensland, A...

Juergen Freund / Guido Westhoff peels dental rubber off the skin of a Horned sea snake (Acalyptophis peronii), taking a print of its skin. The print will be looked at under an electron microscope to find out if sea sn...

Juergen Freund / Researcher Guido Westhoff applying dental rubber to the skin of a Horned sea snake (Acalyptophis peronii) to take a print of its skin. The print will be looked at under an electron microscope to find...

Jeff Rotman / Banded Seasnake (Enhydrina schistosa) swimming, at night. Lembeh Strait, Celebes Sea, Sulawesi, Indonesia.