Toxic sea snail uses weaponized insulin to subdue prey
Salt Lake City (UPI) Jan 20, 2015 - Cone snails are some of the world's most unassuming poison dealers, none quite as venomous or inventive as the geographic cone snail (Conus geographus). The geography cone, responsible for many human deaths, has a trick is pulled right of a med school handout on diabetes. As scientists recently found out, the sometimes-deadly snail has an unusual trick for sedating its prey and then eat ... more

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