Pretty high profile for a very slow, not. Their cone-shaped shells are intricately patterned and brightly colored, prized by seashell collectors, and their venom is fascinating to biomedical researchers. Most intense cases comprise of muscle paralysis, change in vision, respiratory breakdown that can make its way to death. Cone snails are a group of around 1,000 species of venomous, predatory marine snails that live in shallow, tropical waters around the globe. Signs cans et off in a flash or can be delayed in onset for days on end. Some of the signs that one has encountered cone snail sting comprise of extreme pain, numbness, swelling and tingling. The harpoon can break in gloves and even wetsuits, especially in the case of these larger species of cone snails. It is named such in the belief that the sufferer or the victim will only get the time of having a puff or smoking a cigarette before he gives up the ghost or expires.
There exists a species known as geography cone which can also be called colloquially as the cigarette snail. Their venom, a complex concoction of hundreds of different toxins, is delivered via a harpoonlike tooth propelled from an extendable proboscis. Due to the cone snail envenomation, 30 human deaths have been recorded. The geographic cone is the most venomous of the 500 known cone snail species, and several human deaths have been attributed to them. But, controlling or handling some of the larger species can be like playing with fire as it can have deadly effects or results. The sting of some smaller species is akin to that of a bee or a hornet.
So, people tend to hold it in the hand which can be dangerous sometimes as the snail can fire its harpoon anytime in its self defense. Some humans find the snails attractive because of the glittering colors and patterns.
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