All the snail has to do is reel its prey into its giant parachute-like mouth and spit the bones out a couple of hours later. Other cone snails, like the geographer cone, creep up on sleeping fish ...
With a tube-like structure at the end of a venom bulb, and a modified tooth that can shoot out of the tube at 400 miles per hour (644 kilometers per hour), instantly incapacitating passing prey, it ...
S yrinx aruanus, known as the most giant snail in the world, is known for its appearance and size. With an impressive shell ...
The 10 snails need owners who are able to keep a check on their population numbers Ten giant snails who have been under RSPCA care for the past year and a half are in need of new homes.
The toxin, which is called consomatin, is from the geography cone snail. These creatures are a species of predatory sea snail ...
A new James Cook University study using artificial intelligence to analyze the structure of cone snail venom has had mixed results—but points to a bright future for AI in the field of biological ...