British man dies after bite from sea snake off Australia's north coast

Man, 23 and reportedly a backpacker, bitten when pulling up net on fishing boatA young British man has died after being bitten by a sea snake while working aboard a fishing trawler off Australia's northern coast.The 23-year-old was bitten as he pulled up a net around noon on Thursday, when the vessel was about 70 nautical miles south of Groote Eylandt, an island in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Northern Territory police said. Continue reading...