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Description: | Cone shells are found in warm tropical seas. These snails feed on small marine animals (eg worms and fish) which they hunt using modified teeth that act as harpoons. These 'harpoons' contain a neurotoxin poison which paralyses the snail's prey. - - |
Format: | text/html |
License: | http://rammuseum.org.uk/legal |
Publisher: | Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, Exeter City Council |
Rights holder: | Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, Exeter City Council |
Subjects: | Animals Natural history |
Source: | Royal Albert Memorial Museum |
Creator: | Not specified |
Identifier: | http://rammcollections.org.uk/content/ca... |
Language: | en-GB |
Format: | text/html |
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