Scientific name: Laticauda colubrina
Common Name: Banded Sea Krait
Tagalog: Walo Walo
I am shy, slender and graceful.
I swim gently along the sunny reef looking for tiny fish to eat.
I float on the surface to fill my lungs
I float to warm up in the sun.
Once in a blue moon I go ashore, to a sea cave hidden from the world.
There is a dry sandy beach where my secret is safe.
The secret is my dear little sea snake babies.
The sea cave is where my babies are born from their eggs.
Being born in a safe cave will protect them from hungry sea monsters.
Mermaid Scientist 