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Description: | This attractive marine snail lives in shallow water on and around coral reefs in the Indo-pacific region. It is a predator and moves over the reef hunting for small fish and crustaceans. It has a long proboscis that carries a hollow 'fang'. This can be rapidly extended and acts as a harpoon, injecting venom into it's prey. Cones have been known to attack people who pick them up. Their strong venom can cause sickness and, in rare cases, even death. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | beyond the North East animals natural world | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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