Banded sea kraits are active predators that specialize on hunting eels, which they are able to locate by snaking through crevices and cracks in the reef. They paralyze their prey with powerful venom and swallow it whole. Sea birds, sharks, and some bony fishes feed on banded sea krait. Other predators follow banded sea kraits and attack any small fishes that the snakes scare out of the reef while hunting for eels. an old wives' tail claims that their mouths are too small to bite a person. This claim is untrue; instead, banded sea kraits are apparently docile snakes that often choose to not bite, even if provoked. Some people, however, are bitten each year (most notably fishermen who accidentally capture them).