In the long-term observation and study of natural creatures, human beings have found a general law, that is, aggressive organisms either have their own innate survival advantages, such as the speed of cheetahs, the bite force of tigers and lions; or learn to use "poisonous" skills, such as poisonous snakes, poisonous frogs, poisonous insects and so on. These creatures usually do not need a hard shell to protect themselves, but there are creatures in nature that have both a hard shell and can use poison, which is the taro snail. Biologists say that the taro snail is probably the most "vicious" role of all snails, how can it be seen?
Judging from the current human exploration of taro snails, there are more than 800 species of taro snails on the earth, different types of different types of body shapes, different living areas, and look no different from most snails from the appearance. There are also some species that have very beautiful shells, so there are cases where some people want to use it as an ornament and end up being poisoned. So, how poisonous is the snail? According to the study, the toxicity of the snail varies with the change of the victim. When snails are faced with plankton, eating them requires only a small amount of toxin secretion.
When the snail catches eyes on fish that are several times larger than itself, it needs to secrete a large amount of venom to deal with its prey, and the toxicity of the venom is also enhanced. So we can imagine that if humans appear in front of the snail and are regarded as enemies by the snail, then it may release more venom to humans than fish in terms of quantity and toxicity. A research team has tried to study and analyze the venom of the snail, but finally found that its venom constitutes hundreds of components. Not only that, the venom secreted by different types of taro snails is also different, that is to say, if someone is poisoned by the snail, it is impossible to get treatment in a short period of time.
In the numerous venoms of the snail, there is a toxin called "peptide", which is actually a type of amino acid and is classified as a toxin because it is harmful to the human body. Studies have found that peptide can make the nerve channels to the organism or specific receptors temporarily lose pain when it works, so the prey does not have a desperate struggle after being hit by the venom containing this toxin, but finally walks very "peacefully". In addition, some taro snails also contain tetrodotoxin, and the chemical composition of the toxin is the same as that of the pufferfish.
This means that the toxin can also play a role in causing neuroses in living organisms, which is an absolute fatal blow to prey. There are many toxin components of the snail, there is no way to list them here, and finally we need to understand what kind of damage its venom can cause to the human body. Scientists have speculated based on the dose of venom used by the snail to fish and the amount of venom it contains, and believe that the venom of a snail can poison at least 10 adults. Its toxins appear to have mastered the central parts of the organism, attacking the nervous system directly, causing the organism to go haywire.
There is a vicious heart hidden under the beautiful appearance, and this sentence is most appropriate to describe the taro snail. There has never been a shortage of similar examples in nature, and their presence has made the natural world more fraught with risk factors.