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.

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 ...

She held it for about 30 seconds before noticing something inside: a live cone snail. Taken aback, Rawls replaced the shell in the water. She posted a few TikTok videos showing her misstep.

Viral TikTok shows woman's panic in Japan after she handled the shell of one of the world's deadliest snails. Cone snails use harpoon-like teeth to inject venom that immobilizes their victims.

A TikTok video of a woman picking up a pretty seashell went viral with 27.5M views after she learned it was the deadly cone snail.

OKINAWA, Japan (WJW) — If it’s a cone, leave it alone — that’s what Beckylee Rawls learned after she went to the beach and held death in her hand last week. Rawls, a 29-year-old who lives ...

In the clip, Jono says: "Back 9 months ago I was nearly killed at the beach. I found a LIVE textile cone shell. This animal will kill in less than 9 minutes. I thought it was empty. Please do not ...

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 ...

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.

Biswajit Gorai, Harish Vashisth. Structures and interactions of insulin‐like peptides from cone snail venom. Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics, 2021; DOI: 10.1002/prot.26265 ...