#beautiful animals
There is no fundamental difference between man and animals in their ability to feel pleasure and pain, happiness, and misery
~Charles Darwin~
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Not everyone is in the position to help other animals, but everyone is in the position not to harm them.
~Anthony Douglas Williams~
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theres always that one old lady holding up the line
heilan coos in a row via lahtela highland
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The Hundred-Venom Harpoon
The venom of some species of cone snail (Conus spp) is made up of over a hundred unique toxins that target ion channels and can result in the rapid paralysis of prey.
This deadly cocktail is delivered via a harpoon (the second image) concealed in the snail’s proboscis (the long, finger-like thing you see in the clip above).
Human envenomation can result in severe pain, discoloration of the affected area, swelling, and numbness. Nausea, muscle weakness, blurred vision, and paralysis may also occur.
Severe cases can result in respiratory failure, cardiovascular collapse, and death within two hours.
As with its fellow mollusk, the blue-ringed octopus, first aid for cone snail envenomation involves pressure immobilization on the affected area. Further treatment is supportive, since no anti-venom for cone snail venom exists.
Image source: Dr Bruce Livett - macro photo
Kohnet al. 1999. - snail harpoon
Video source: The Most Extreme
Reference:Balhara and Stolbach.2014.
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