Do you know the most destructive snails in the world? I believe everyone is familiar with the snail. It drags a heavy shell and slowly climbs to its destination step by step. It is cute and strong. Especially in rainy days, you will see many snails crawling along the roadside. But what are the most destructive snails in the world?
The most destructive snail in the world 1
The most destructive snail in the world is the conical snail, which is extremely toxic. Although it is small, it can make people die quickly, and its destructive power is amazing! Tapered snails are distributed in tropical waters, and like its name, the shell of a tapered snail is close to a cone. The fangs hidden at the tip of the cone can instantly inject poison into the target, and the target will die within a few minutes.
1, weird shape
Cone snail is also mentioned among the top ten weird snails in the world. Its shell is tapering at the front and thick at the back, and it looks a bit like a chicken's heart or taro, so it is also called chicken heart snail. There are many kinds of this snail, with different patterns and colors. It is a highly toxic creature. There is a small opening hidden in its tip with fangs, and the injured person will be poisoned if he is not careful.
2, strong toxicity
According to scientific detection, the venom of a cone snail can kill ten people, which is why it is called the most destructive snail in the world. Originally, the cone snail was aimed at small fish, but because the nervous system of small fish is similar to that of human beings, human beings are also vulnerable to it, and once poisoned, they will die in a few minutes!
Among the top ten most poisonous animals in the world, the cone snail is the smallest, but its destructive power is amazing! First of all, it is highly toxic, and there is a small opening hidden in its tip, from which a poisonous needle can be shot. The scientific name is "Harpoon", which is enough to make the injured person die. Secondly, it shoots poison quickly, and it can shoot its deadly venom from the teeth in 250 milliseconds, which is much faster than the blink of an eye!
3. Hunting means
As the most destructive snail in the world, the conical snail is also a very good hunting method. When hunting, it will ambush its body in the sand and then expose its nose to the air, so that it can not only absorb oxygen, but also monitor the movements of its prey. Generally speaking, the cone snail is a kind of beautiful snail, as long as you don't touch it with your hands, it will be fine. Because of its beauty, it can be enjoyed by people.
The most destructive snail in the world 2 The most destructive snail in the world, the African snail.
The African snail is a medium and large terrestrial snail. Adult shells are usually 7-8 cm long, and African snails can grow to more than 20 cm at the largest. Nocturnal, omnivorous, mostly active in humid environment, African snails like to haunt in rain and at night. African giant snails usually hide in a cool place, and make a layer of white film (fake cover) on the shell mouth, leaving only a small hole to breathe, shrink the snail meat into the shell to prevent dehydration, and then come out after the environment improves.
The food of African giant snails includes crops, trees, fruit trees, vegetables, flowers and other plants. When they are hungry, they also eat paper and companion corpses, and even chew and digest cement, which can harm more than 500 kinds of crops. African snail is the intermediate host of many parasites and pathogenic bacteria, especially tuberculosis and eosinophilic meningitis, which is extremely harmful when eaten. African snails can lay 30 to 700 eggs at a time and reproduce quickly. It is one of the first batch of 16 alien invasive species in China and is listed in the List of Alien Invasive Species. It is extremely harmful to vegetables and other crops, and it is a national second-class quarantine pest.