Indeed, she even captured a video showing the marble cone snail in her bare hand, telling Newsweek that she "had no idea it could be dangerous ... shell, I was just focused on how beautiful it was.

If you go down to the beach for a spot of rock pooling this summer, just be mindful of exactly which species you might come across. One person in Japan had a very lucky escape when she picked up a ...

The shell isn't dangerous, it's what's inside the shell. Cone snail venom can cause paralysis, respiratory failure and cardiovascular collapse. A sting can be fatal.

Looking up the shell soon after, she discovered the pretty thing was a marbled cone and that the snail living inside had a venomous sting, capable of killing an adult human.

A snail is an equally comforting and discomfiting creature. Its ornamental shell is both a home and armor. Its glacial pace, often accompanied by a viscous sludge it leaves behind, make it a messy ...

PHOTOS: Movie Review: ‘Memoir of a Snail,’ a stop-motion charmer, examines the shells we build around us Then we flash back to childhood.

Movie Review: 'Memoir of a Snail,' a stop-motion charmer, examines the shells we build around us This image released by IFC Films shows the character Grace, voiced by Sarah Snook, in a scene from ...

Scientists Shell-ebrate After Bringing Snail Back From Extinction. A rare species of Polynesian tree snail once believed to be extinct in the wild has been officially reclassified as critically ...

Slugs and snails are mollusks and are related to oysters and clams. Snails are the ones with shells and slugs are the ones without shells. These tiny animals eat using their rasping mouthpart ...

Elliot also argues that it helps us build constrictive shells around ourselves — like snail shells, perhaps. Our protagonist is Grace Pudel, voiced with a quirky warmth and plenty of empathy by ...