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The Beautiful But Deadly Cone Shell Photo 7

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(5) Cummings, Bruce, 1936, North Queensland Naturalist, 4, Cairns, pp. 42: Encounter Between Cone Shell and Octopus

The Beautiful But Deadly Cone Shell Photo 6

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(4) Yashiro Hirataka, 1939, Fatal Bite of Conus Geographicus. Venus, 9 (3-4): 165-166

The Beautiful But Deadly Cone Shell Photo 5

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Figure 1: This free-hand drawing of a Conus Textile shows the animal extended from the shell. Note that the proboscis extends the small end of the shell.

Figure 2: Shown here is an anatomical drawing of the poison venom system of the cone shell…

The Beautiful But Deadly Cone Shell Photo 4

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(3) Flecker, H., 1936, Cone Shell Molluse Poisoning, with Report of a Fatal Case. The Medical Journal of Australia, 1, pp. 464-466, 2 text

The Beautiful But Deadly Cone Shell Photo 3

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(2) Shannon, G.A. 1956, Comments on the Treatment of Reptile Poisoning, Venoms. 405-412

The Beautiful But Deadly Cone Shell Photo 2

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Collection of killers. Everyone of these lovely sea-shells, when alive, is capable of killing a man. Once bitten, there is nothing medical science knows that effectively combats the poison. Shells in top row, from left: Tulipa, Striatus and…

The Beautiful But Deadly Cone Shell Photo 1

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This shell killed a man! On August 29, 1964, Ricardo A. Alerta was stung by this Geographer Cone (which at that time contained a live animal) while skin-diving at Cabras Island. He died four hours later. (Photos with this article are by Byron Baker.)

The Beautiful But Deadly Cone Shell

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An article by Rodger Over. Over discusses shell collecting and conchology on the island of Guam and how dangerous it can be. Over, in detail, describes both the cause and deaths of people who were unaware of the danger of shell collecting and…

Notes on This Issue

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A short article by Marjorie E. Smith that give notes about this, October 17th, 1964, issue: Janice J. Beaty and Rodger Over are writing articles about sea shells due to its rising popularity; a new section will be added to the Guam Times Weekly…

Table of Contents

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This issue’s, October 17th, 1964, Table of Contents. Cover Photo: The seashells shown in the cover photos are all common to Guam. Shell in upper photo is the spider Conch. In lower left corner is the Silver Lip Conch and at right, the deadly Textile…