The cone snail delivers a venomous sting capable of paralyzing — or even killing — humans Recently, Beckylee Rawls and her husband went tidepooling in Okinawa, Japan, where they live While exploring ...

Viral TikTok shows woman's panic in Japan after she handled the shell of one of the world's deadliest snails. Cone snails use ...

Cone snails, part of the Conidae family, are a type of predatory gastropod mollusk that live inside spiral shells. They range in size, reaching up to around 11 inches in length, but their power lies ...

We were given a behind-the-scenes look at the daily tasks assigned to the aquarists of the Bailey-Matthews National Shell ...

After her online search, she discovered that the cone snail is considered the most dangerous shell in the world. While the ...

Rawls held and shook the shell in her video captioned, “She doesn’t know it yet, but she’s about to pick up the world’s deadliest shell that leads to full paralysis in minutes.” Rawls wrote, “ Last ...

Inside a snail emergency room. Around 1 million species of plants and animals are at risk of extinction around the planet, ... One snail has a shell like a miniature cinnamon roll.

It's always tempting when you're at the beach to pick up anything pretty and take it home as a memento, but it nearly proved ...

The shell isn't dangerous, it's what's inside the shell. Cone snail venom can cause paralysis, respiratory failure and cardiovascular collapse. A sting can be fatal.

The Red Abalone is a very large edible sea snail that is part of the museum's collection. "If they're getting nutrients that's going to help them (Red Abalones) grow big and strong," Agostino said.

Looking up the shell soon after, she discovered the pretty thing was a marbled cone and that the snail living inside had a venomous sting, capable of killing an adult human.

Cone snails, part of the Conidae family, are a type of predatory gastropod mollusk that live inside spiral shells. They range in size, reaching up to around 11 inches in length, but their power ...