Then, when its victim comes near, the cone shell extends a proboscis armed with a harpoonlike tip that injects venom filled with special chemicals called “conotoxins.” These toxins stop nerve ...

I found a LIVE textile cone shell. This animal will kill in less than 9 minutes. I thought it was empty. Please do not pick up cone shells without gloves. Number 4 most DEADLY animal on earth." ...

Thousands of people here in Hawai‘i and around the world wear this shell around their neck, but few people have ever seen a live textile cone shell. The famous puka shells are made by the large ...

In Hawai‘i we have a lot of cone shells that are from two inches to four inches long but very thick. When the snail inside the shell dies or gets eaten, their thick shell gets ground up in the ...

Self-described shell expert Jono Montgomery, from Queensland, Australia, filmed the moment he found an ultra-rare textile cone shell at the beach. He picked the shell up thinking it was empty ...

Researchers have found that variants of this cone snail venom could offer future possibilities for developing new fast-acting drugs to help treat diabetics. The tapered cone shell is popular among ...