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The foam is created when rough weather conditions stir up seaweed in water
Professor more concerned of losing small child in foam rather than sea snakes
Mountains of sea foam have covered some of Australia s most idyllic beaches, but experts have warned the dirty bubbles could be hiding snakes and debris.
Snapper Rocks on the Gold Coast and Coolum Beach on the Sunshine Coast were blanketed by thick murky foam churned up by rough seas and cyclonic winds on Monday.
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Beachgoers were spotted making most of the rare conditions at Snapper Rocks that afternoon, splashing in the foam and bodysurfing the strange brown waves.