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Published online 17 June 1999 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news990617-4
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New flavours for carnivorous cones
Cone shells (genus Conus), familar from tropical beaches, are among the most attractive of all shellfish - and also among the most deadly. There are approximately 500 species of these marauding molluscs: they are carnivorous, paralyzing their prey with a cocktail of powerful neurotoxins, called conotoxins.
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