Harpoons, Venoms, and Medicine: The Cone Snail Deep Dive

A deep dive into cone snails—their stunning shells, deadly harpoon hunting, and a venom cocktail of hundreds of conotoxins. Explore how some species can be dangerous to humans while others inspire groundbreaking medicines like ziconotide, and why taxonomy and predatory tricks—such as pheromone mimicry—make these mollusks endlessly fascinating. (Insights drawn from Wikipedia articles on cone snails and conotoxins.)

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