How killer cone snails kill
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- Опубликовано: 8 авг 2015
- There’s a saying in the sea, 'If it’s a cone, leave it alone'. Although they look pretty harmless cone nails are pretty deadly. They're a chemical making factory that travels around an a giant sticky foot firing venomous harpoons filled a deadly cocktail that paralyses their prey. This cocktail essentially kill their victims half a dozen different ways. Once the prey has been immobilised it is swallowed whole.
Different cone snails have different venom depending on their diet i.e. invertebrates cf vertebrates. Understandably humans are only susceptible to the venom from the vertebrates.
Scientists have found a compound in the venom that is more potent than morphine. Consider this..A single cone shell can contain over 100 conopeptides x multiple this out over 500 cone snails species and that’s 50,000 compounds to investigate for medicine. Imagine the potential……That’s just the nature of things.
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"If it's a cone, leave it alone."
Well I have my own saying. "If it lives in Australia, leave it alone."
"If it lives in australia, get out of the area"
@@georgetiggles810 I say the same about my Australian wife when she gets mad, but she don’t like that too much
@@calvins1583 lol
its not that bad realy...look but don't touch...most of these animals don't want to hurt you on purpose...just use common snece.
@@Heavens-Humanaterian-Army
Except when you run into these things accidently. Funnelwebs in the house, venomous snakes in the garden, or accidently swim into a big boxy at the beach.
if its a cone, leave it alone. dont do drugs kids.
if is a dick, take a sit
If you want to die, give it a try.
You wanna fly.....don't even try.
Crack is wack liquor is quicker
If it's right don't fight
This is terrifying
When these snails move together, it looks like the Germans moving in on France.
They look like the Tiger tanks.
The spanish walking in on the aryans be like
Lmfao🤣😂
"if it's a cone, leave it alone"
*plays with it like it's a fidget cube*
It’s a fucking cone!!!’ WHY IS IT A FIDGET CUBE!?!?!?!?!?
one of the hands is rubber
420 likes lol
Ali Abbas r u ok
kitsunem4sk na r u ok
they look like tanks
They are tanks
I remember watching a documentary refering to them as snails
Yea
Damn someone said it way before mexD
They need a dps or a jungler to assist on top lane.
Me: lmao snails aren’t scary
Some Australia guy films a snail slaughtering a fish:
Me: 😧
Moth Gum Official *australian*
Burning Marrow sorry m8 North New Zealander*
I have 9 land snails at home they arnt deadly luckily 😂
Scientists: how killer cone snails kill?
Me, an intelectual: by killing
To be honest, I am scientists of myself
@@oofboyee1291 Good for you then..
Holy shit, Cell is about to get his perfect form at 1:40.
+Ben Hammond (Birdjuice) no one got your DBZ reference
+GaG laugher Those scumbags
We shall never know.
Ben Hammond they got the Alien monster jaws from an eel so maybe
vi lo que hiciste ahi
Paint them all orange like traffic cones so we can avoid an accident :)
Smart but not funny.
James Craver 😂😂
Absent Lover It is funny bitch lips
love your bird.
James Craver
Poor color blind people are just screwed. Hell, even with snakes, spiders, and everything else color coded.
I still remember the whole "red on black, you're ok Jack" saying for coral snakes. Doesn't mean crap to a color blind person.
Me:**searches Up on how cone snail's kill**
Also me:**how to erase memories**
Long deadly noodle. Three words.
Anyone here after seeing that guys tik tok where he was casually holding one in his hands?
I just saw that video lolllll
me rn, had to know what a cone snail does. now i know
Yes lmao
no
I did when I was in Hawaii because I had no idea it was so dangerous. I showed my sister the "cool shell" and she told me to put it down
Him: if it's a cone leave it alone
Me: * drops ice-cream cone *
Jenna De Abreu *_noo_*
Me: * drops bong.
Choked on my chip
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Jenna De Abreu I hate you
Pretty damn cool how they "construct" the venom based on the situation! loving these videos - keep 'em coming! :)
+Chronomorph Thanks, appreciate the comments
@@jamieseymour6983 Oreo?
When in my young school days science was my absolute favorite subject and today it still is thank you for posting keep them coming
1:51min "Rommel's 15th panzer division approaching El Alamein. (Colourized, 1942)"
hurtig heinz lol what about me???
@@rommeltj1367 Sie leben noch? Wurden Sie nicht in den Selbstmord getrieben, Herr Generalfeldmarschall?
Nope, those are only snails. Why mislead the audience???
Androandroandrica Len
......How can you be this stupid?
It’s a joke comparison.
@@commanderrockwell1123 bad joke stupid man
Says its dangerous but had his fingers in the tank feeding it.
KhaosNG it was probably raised by him. So the fish likely knows the scent of the food and the human. He probably wouldn’t leave his hands in its face for too long. It’s as dangerous as a widow I’m sure. Just don’t fuck with it and it won’t fuck with you. Hence the “leave it alone” phrase earlier in the video.
Hes probably an expert.
He seems Australian, so he's got a 75% poison resistance from the start of the game 😂😂
LOL
He's an expert dumbass
Once they grab a fish, they don't Lego.
Stop
*ba dum tss*
Hahaha good one!
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahhsa
Shut up
Jk man good joke
The way that poor fish blinked its last blink before being swallowed whole looked terrifying!
As soon as I heard the Australian accent, and the one speaking the accent inside a lab coat, I was all in. Subbing to ya mate
They look like mini tanks lmao
They look like little tanks!
+ChillyShrimp With a dangerous cannon to match! And they have tracks... and thick armor... and move slowly....
Yeah, no. They don't look like little tanks. They ARE little tanks.
Manchease Skrelpher most tanks are not slow ._.
John Capistrano many tanks are quite fast, look it up.
Mckrusty Krustystein my guy... the average speed of almost 90% of the worlds tanks is 25 miles per hour which can easily be outran. Completely flat terrain meaning no obstacles or bumps or anything to turn or of the sort is about 45 & if you’re speaking about the statistics of some being able to go 60-70 mph that is only for less or shorter than 8 seconds. That’s momentary speed as to a healthy adult human can go 28-35 mph consistently even on non-flat terrain. They’re slow asf.
John Capistrano yeah they are lol
Please make more of these! They're so cool!
Damn Gary's packing heat
Bap! Bap! Bap!
@@yada4444 another barbarian...
oh great... next time i'm swimming in the ocean, i have another monster to think off... killer snails
Corb4n right up there with: Sharks, Salt water crocs, Jellyfish, Orcas, Lionfish, and of course Krampus the Christmas Devil (He can strike at any time.)
Matthew Radtke if you’re gonna add Krampus, might as well add Kim Jung Un and ISIS.
Corb4n Mad Snail Disease
These guys literally look like tanks...
The Best Asian Food lol why so many people comment this
World of Tanks.
The Best Asian Food cool
At 1:52 looks like there going to war haha
"If it's a cone leave it alone"
Normal people: "Ok no worries"
Junkies: "Yeah I don't think so"
Eyyy love that bike racing music ;D
Clorox Bleach same lol
Ohh that’s what it is
"They look like little tanks!"
Um no try again
They *ARE* little tanks.
Deadly "cannon"? ✔
Move slowly? ✔
Have a good outside shell? ✔
Has tracks? ✔
Zenobia Gonzales lol
Cone Snail: *Hey little fish!*
Little fish: *What?*
Cone Snail: *I ATE your mother!*
r u 12
No, it just popped in my mind...
And you forgot the Question Mark...
He also for got the 'a' and 'e' in are and the 'y' and 'o' in you, but no one else is complaining.
Andrey Leonel OMAE WA MOU SHINDEIRU
Toreole 2
*NANI????*
1:51 Those are tanks. Nature made actual freaking tanks!
Biomimetic. Humans copying nature.
Dr. Seymour, Everything you're involved in captivates my mind and at the same time horrifies me beyond imagination.
1:53 , WW2 Tanks are moving 9 o'clock , this time with flexible barrel and venom ammunitions to fight underwater.
Colorized
This is fascinating and well produced, I wish the video was longer, at least 10 minutes long, especially since this is information you can find nowhere else on youtube. Please try making a "full episode" on these snails of 5 to 30 minutes and I will guarantee people will watch it, this is fascinating stuff and completely unique to have access to someone as knowledgeable as you to explain it !
Movement of the panzer IV towards Moscow ( circa 1941 )
Lmao
Excellent video! And the stop frame lego animation was genius! I'm going to show this to my nephew. He'll love it!
You deserve more subscribers. These videos are awesome!
+That Bird from Spirited Away - Ootori-sama?
That Bird from Spirited Away so tru
Its amazing how more we understand a simple lifeform the more we realise how complex it is
This was WAY more interesting than I was expecting
Wow that's impressive how it can change the chemicals within it's body to suit the situation...awesome!
250,000 different components? None of the species have components that overlap? :/
Bit of a probability fail there.
+LeatherCladVegan Unless they actually are different for every species. Too lazy too look it up though xd
But he couldn't possibly know that, hence the problem. If he had only said (something like) "that means there *could be* up to 250,000...", it would be fine. But he didn't.
LeatherCladVegan I guess he meant 250,000 combinations, and that little mistake was overlooked in editing. Mistakes happen, don't they?
Uh, nope. You're not getting it. But that's OK. Cheers.
Damn...nature! You scary.
ikr?
Damnnnn
I love how they do it
I love nature
mugensamurai IKR, I was almost killed by one too
This video was awesome. Thank you for the information!
i like the animations you made. thumbs up!
Sweet animations!
+chris ciavs Thanks for the feedback it's much appreciated :)
+The Nature of Science where can we find this animals ?
Anywhere, these guys are only restricted by the temperature of water. That's one of the things that make them so deadly, the potency of their venom varies from area to area. The only way to be sure is to not handle them.
I thought my bike race was acting up😂
Scrtd lmao
YEP.
*Stanleypope from discord what is that anime on ur profile pic?
OH MY GAH dunno, lmao
*Stanleypope from discord so you just searched cool profile pics and downloaded the first thing that looked cool? 😂
Awesome vid, and the lego demonstration was kick ass.
A friend of mine was in Brazil on vacation. He said some man on the beach picked one of these snails, he said he was admiring the shell beauty and the cone snail stuck him in the face, and with in minutes he was paralyzed by the poison. The locals said there was no antidote for the poison.
Brazilians are children. There's an antidote.
Oh so he died
1:09 where the hell is there a small seagullsticking out of the snail
Idk
That’s what I thought too!!!!
Took me awhile to see what you meant. Laughed so hard when I saw it. The eyes really do look like the head of a seagull
It's an accessory you can install on the your shell😂😂😂
holy sugar!! I came down here to say the same thing!!
KV-2 is that you??
Bongou bongou WoT
KV-2 with the derp gun
1:50 They remind me of Tiger II
found the cyka blyat
Bongou bongou
No
2:32 that snail finna NUT
Straight forward informative. No bullshido, great channel.
1:40 that reminds me of Cell and #17 #18 somehow
I picked one up once
As soon as i saw the probe i threw it into a tree
your comment scares me
oh so u almost died
playing with nature is truly a nono.
they don't bite even if you Pick them up, but you can't predict A cone snails mood so good thing you did.
when they feel threatened By you Depending on how you handle them, is what will predict life or death for You.
so good that you did what you did
Good choice.
Nice Video it shows that you really love your work
Man you're so lucky to have one! This is too satisfying!
Reminds me of my days as a muff diver. Those things are just as dangerous as snails. All pretty looking on the outside and kind of hypnotic until you get too close. Then it's too late and you lose it all.
Muff diver?
@@StopItGarrison Lesbian.
Also, take a moment to imagine one of these cone shells trying to swallow someone's wiener. It looks worryingly possible.
reminds me of "cell" dbz
AndroidFish-18 was eaten :(
Just Moved In
RIP
"WANNA SEE ME EAT THIS FISH!?"
I could watch this guy al day thx m8
"Venomoligist? "
"No, for god's sake, TOXINOLOGIST!"
2:50 Looks like snail is playing search and destroy, camping bastardo!!
MRLFMAO lol ikr
I'm sure you know what you are doing , but I wouldn't have my exposed flesh any where near one of these creatures . I almost stepped on one of these (expletive) in the gulf of Tonkin and a friend saw it before I did and probably saved my life . Two years prior - A 39 year old fisherman was stung by one of these and died 4 hours later . Great video my friend and keep up the great research . ~> Lefty
if i saw a creater like that i would smash it with a stick
Yooooooooo. Wtf bruh. This is siiick dude. Keep up the good work. This is really entertaining and explained very well
The medication he's talking about is ziconotide (brand name Prialt), a chemical that's equally or even more effective as a painkiller than morphine AND does not carry the same risks of tolerance nor overdose. However, it's only given by intrathecal injection, which is highly invasive and so cannot be administered at home by the patient alone. If someone in the future reformulates this drug so that it can be taken at home, that could significantly help the overreliance on opioids.
How fast can the snails adapt to the situation and construct their venom?
+Peter Pepper Hi Peter, sorry for the slow reply, I could come up with an excuse like "Ive been away on the moon" but unfortunately I dont have one that good! At any rate the question you asked is a good one and I wish I had an answer to it. The short answer is that they can construct venoms VERY quickly, like seconds. As to adapting to the situation, well thats a bit of research that is presently being conducted, stay tuned!
+Peter Pepper Venom doesn't take seconds to be produced, in fact, it is being produced even when not in use, and the killer snails only need to release it during a predation or defensive event. The active ingredients in the venom are known as conopeptides, which are small proteins synthesized in the long venom duct, and these paralytic components are readily produced by different section of the venom gland. When these creatures wanna hunt for food, predatory-evoked venom from the distal section of venom gland is used. In contrast, when they feel threatened by predators, defence-evoked venom from the proximal region is released.
Scuderia11052011 wow holly shit nice info bro you the best and thanks alot for it godd bless ya bro
This the evil version of Gary the snail.
Very good Doctor keep teaching us some sciences so we learn
Tanks + Inspector Gadget = cone snails
Am I the only one who noticed the bike race music??
Thank you. I was going to lose sleep trying to figure out how I knew the music.
I noticed it too but i didnt know where it was from. Thanks
No sir you’re not I was looking if someone had made a comment about it😂😂
thank youuuuuuuuu
Was trying to figure out what app song this was from?
And here I was slightly creeped out by normal snails in general...
1:22 Amazing to see this! Well done to the guys who staged and captured this moment.
I Always Found These Guys Fascinating 👍🏾💯
Cone snail is the real life monster that hides under your bed and gets you in your sleep.
then they suck you up when you cant move
Awesome video! Do we know WHY they produce different types of venom? It seems like it would be way more metabolically efficient to produce one type of venom rather than multiple?
+ChirrupForScience great question! short answer is WE THINK its more expensive in the long run to produce a venom that does everything, but to be brutaly honest we really dont know. a good PHD topic for a biochemistry graduate! Always looking for good post grad students in my lab hint hint!
why is it metabolically efficient to produce one type of venom? This need to be answered from evolutionary perspective, by looking at food tree and seeing who their natural predators and prey are, and how important it is for them to make the right kind of toxin.
One venom, one predator, gone goes your superiority, I suppose.
...well they move so fucking slow and they are able to eat prey in one bite. I mean their bodies gotta be good for something if they are just gonna sit around.
If I were to guess I'd say it made it harder for a predator or prey to develop an immunity.
The fact that they're snails also likely had something to do with it, they have no backup survival mechanism if it ever failed.
Those SNEYEULLS are so helpful to us!
Very interesting stuff... you learn something new everyday
That's just totally put me off eating icecream cones! 🍦
Ah well no more pringles
yeah cause theyre basically the same thing
I highly doubt that
Wow, I had no idea. This is fascinating.
These little guys are going to be very important to our level of chemical production. I just know it.
It’s like that hypothetical about a snail that kills you if it touches you
Wait hol up.
1:27 Since when do fish sleep
they just do
They get tired from drinking water all day.
😂😂😂
Fish doesnt have eyelids so its different sleeping from human. They just slow down i think
sea battle tanks
When they put it in the title yet still feel the need to give you hints at the beginning of the video
Wow this is very interesting. I am happier now that I have watched this. So cool
When i was on vacation i was walking along the beach at night when i saw this strange cone thing. I went to pick it up and it felt slimy and saw it was still alive. So i left it alone and went back to my hotel. I later realised that this was a cone snail, and that if i had gotten stung, I wouldve died, as the nearest hospital from the resort/island was more than a plane trip away. I got very lucky
U still die even if it 10 meter away
Unless you’re a small fish I think you’ll be just fine
G0D is hiring lol hell no he would die
Sardonicus f in the chat
@Sardonicus That's so sad
Can i play megalovania?
Great now I know how to defend myself against killer snails 👍
Good video, thank you.
thank you for sharing this precious informations,
it's very strange to see many people who dislike this content
Is this the marine biologist that came out on smarter everyday???
Yes it is... :)
Melissa Lomeli came out?
Melissa Lomeli is he gay?
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Cone snails are like army tanks lol
Don’t know why this is on my recommended but I enjoyed it
why dose this make me shiver
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They look like miniature underwater tanks
What an absolute unit
Great info, incredible creature
They look like tanks
yeah! I was thinking that
World of tanks?
It’s obviously the mighty *KV-2*
hahahahh the lego representation killed man you are awesome hahahha
Swam with sharks, morays, cuda’s, and caves. This was the creature that nearly killed me due to it’s camouflage.
Nothing humbles a diver like being told that you were an inch off from a respiratory emergency.
SpongeBob you need to get rid of Gary before he gets you 😂