Sunday, May 23, 2021 12:05 am Terry Lilley / Special to The Garden Island Pupu’ala is the Hebrew Cone Shell Terry Lilley, Critter of the Week Share this story ...

It turns out, however, that cone shell venom is very complex; each kind contains perhaps 50 or more different chemicals that target the brain and nervous system.

Critter of the Week » Meet pupu poniuniu, the Hawaiian textile cone shell Sunday, July 19, 2020 12:05 am Terry Lilley / Special to The Garden Island Pupu poniuniu is the Hawaiian textile cone shell.

After spotting a beautiful shell, Beckylee Rawls didn't think twice about picking it up to get a closer look. What she never could have imagined was that she was actually holding one of the world ...

I saw a cone shell and picked it up not knowing what it was. Looking back I realise how lucky I was.' 'I have got one in my tank which I clean monthly by hand, I didn't know they were venomous.