[akiselev]

I was referring to the yellow-bellied sea snake in the article. From it's Wikipedia article [1]:

> Though rare, the yellow-bellied sea snake is the most commonly seen sea snake in New Zealand waters, to the degree that the species can be considered indigenous to New Zealand and protected under the Wildlife Act 1953.

The katipo is native to New Zealand and the two spiders seem to been introduced by humans. The yellow bellied sea snake just floats over so often it's protected.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow-bellied_sea_snake#Distr...

[mikeywazowski]

Ahh.. I don't know why I immediately assumed you were talking about spiders - my apologies!

I agree with everything you've said.