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You're about to care about cone snails. CONOTOXINOLOGY, people! (Patreon)

Published:
2022-05-19 03:40:09
Imported:
2026-06

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Did NOT know what a cone snail was before this and now I fear and respect them. 

Will they kill me dead and leave me as a marine snack, or will their bogglingly complex venoms save my life? WHO'S TO SAY? Well, Conotoxinologists, that's who. Two of the world's best, Dr. Sabah Ul-Hasan and Dr. Joshua Torres work together on the chemistry and the symbiont microbes in cone snail venom ducts and they have passion and stories to spare.

Did you look up a photo of a cone snail? Were they the ones you pictured? 

Join me in the cone zone,

Dadward VonVenomsnout

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Conotoxinology (CONE SNAIL VENOM) with Joshua Torres & Sabah Ul-Hasan - alie ward

Predatory. Sneaky. Deadly. Lifesavers? You think you don't care about cone snails. But that's about to change. Conotoxinologists Dr. Sabah Ul-Hasan and Dr. Joshua Torres study these spiral-shelled hunters of the sea. Why all the fuss? Because their venom -- and the microbes that live in it - may hol

Comments

The Project Project

Ya know, I've said it before, but I think it bears repeating: When humanity finally reaches the stars, and when we find other life on other worlds-- I'm not entirely convinced it will be any weirder or more alien than what we have in our oceans right now.

Filip Strömberg

This episode makes me think of MANTIS SHRIMP. They punch their pray, supposedly so hard (I’m paraphrasing a vet I met) that they boil the water!! Should be equivalent to a car crash x10. Would be super interesting to hear an episode on these guys!

Davida Fernandez

Once I was snorkeling in Fiji and was picking up all kinds of cool things. I picked up what I learned later was a cone snail. Rolled it around in my hand. Peered inside the shell. I thought it was so cool looking that when I got back to my room I googled it and ... oh fuuuuuu... I learned a lesson that day. Do not randomly handle things in the ocean if you do not already know what they are.