Cone snail, which has a deadly venom, got caught in a fishing net in Marmaris. The emergence of the Cone snail, which usually lives on the shallow coasts of Australia, in our seas has prompted the authorities. Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Faculty of Fisheries, has started a genetic analysis for the dangerous species, which is seen for the first time in Turkish waters.
BALLOON, LION FISH, NOW CONE Snail
Sea creatures invading the Aegean and Mediterranean coasts through the Red Sea and oceans continue to multiply day by day. After the balloon and lion fish, which cause the most damage to the life at the bottom of the sea, another sea creature that we are not accustomed to seeing in our waters was seen on the shores of Muğla.
A cone snail of the genus Conus, which can kill 30 people with its poison, was caught in a fisherman’s net off the coast of Marmaris.
WORKS STARTED
Speaking to Yeni Asır Newspaper, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University Fisheries Faculty Fisheries Basic Sciences Department academic member Assoc. Dr. Nurçin Killi said, “Cone snails are poisonous species. They can poison with their needle-like teeth and venom glands when touched. Small species affect them in the form of bee stings, while tropical ones can be deadly. Studies have been started to carry out investigations.”
WHAT IS A CONE Snail?
Cone snails produce a variety of sophisticated chemicals in their bodies and use them sequentially in a hunting strategy. Some cone snails living in the warm waters of Asia and the Pacific Ocean in Australia, Indonesia are highly venomous and deftly use poisonous spears to hunt small fish, worms and mollusks.