http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature The premier natural history series Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:36:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/the-venom-cure/video-cone-shell-conotoxins/4416/ http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/the-venom-cure/video-cone-shell-conotoxins/4416/#comments Thu, 27 Nov 2008 13:40:29 +0000 tanner vea http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/?p=4416 A textile cone hunts other snails. Its proboscis contains a harpoon, loaded with a powerful venom called conotoxin. It paralyzes its prey so it can be sucked from its shell and devoured. Other cone shells have developed a venom that’s effective for hunting vertebrates, like fish.

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