British man dies after being bitten by a sea snake off Groote Eylandt olive seas snake

12:39pm, Oct 5, 2018 Updated: 12:43pm, Oct 5

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The highly venomous olive sea snake is the most common along the northern Australian coastline and islands. Photo: Getty

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