Just a bit of extra context: this is a textile cone snail. Cone snails are a group of several hundred snails that can fire a venom loaded harpoon tooth. This is used both for hunting and self defense, and the snails tend to be pretty loose on the trigger in the latter. This is not the most venomous kind, that would be geographic cone which has enough venom to kill roughly 700 people. Textiles while less venomous are still more than potent enough to put you under. Some people think that their firing arc is limited to the front of the shell, but this is only true while the snail is inside shell as the harpooning mechanism is actually on a flexible proboscis, so if you see a funny stick coming out of the snail you’re in for a world of pain.
MrLambNugget on
Lick it
thrillmouse on
Licking_my_keyboard on
Why’s it that annoyed?
jasminel96 on
I thought this was a fingernail 💀
jhatesu on
How did you find out?
WatermelonWithAFlute on
…Perhaps tone down the picking up of random creatures from now on
violence_connoisseur on
r/oopsthatsdeadly
Prtsk on
TIL that there exist snails that can kill you.
GIC68 on
Is there an anti-venom or are you doomed if it hits you?
GrowlitheGrowl on
😱
CaptainDonald on
Million dollars, but this snail is chasing you nonstop for the rest of your life
robintoots on
Damn and i thought picking up goat poops thinking they were pebbles was bad enough
Boris740 on
Li’l prick
Safe_Message2268 on
Pretty much why I don’t casually grab snails of any kind.
nim_opet on
Did it kill you?
aross1976 on
Why does a tiny snail posses enough venom to kill that much food tho 🤔
Scrotifer on
I did the same thing in Egypt when I was about 7 years old
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*crrrrrrrrrrunch*
Just a bit of extra context: this is a textile cone snail. Cone snails are a group of several hundred snails that can fire a venom loaded harpoon tooth. This is used both for hunting and self defense, and the snails tend to be pretty loose on the trigger in the latter. This is not the most venomous kind, that would be geographic cone which has enough venom to kill roughly 700 people. Textiles while less venomous are still more than potent enough to put you under. Some people think that their firing arc is limited to the front of the shell, but this is only true while the snail is inside shell as the harpooning mechanism is actually on a flexible proboscis, so if you see a funny stick coming out of the snail you’re in for a world of pain.
Lick it
Why’s it that annoyed?
I thought this was a fingernail 💀
How did you find out?
…Perhaps tone down the picking up of random creatures from now on
r/oopsthatsdeadly
TIL that there exist snails that can kill you.
Is there an anti-venom or are you doomed if it hits you?
😱
Million dollars, but this snail is chasing you nonstop for the rest of your life
Damn and i thought picking up goat poops thinking they were pebbles was bad enough
Li’l prick
Pretty much why I don’t casually grab snails of any kind.
Did it kill you?
Why does a tiny snail posses enough venom to kill that much food tho 🤔
I did the same thing in Egypt when I was about 7 years old