Donny@ageofaquariums Posted July 6, 2013 Report Share Posted July 6, 2013 no srsly! The white-shelled humpbacked conch snail lives under the sand around coral reefs and is around 1.8 centimetres high and 3.7-centimetres long.One of the predators the small snail faces is the cone shell, which is capable of poisoning humans. The cone shell creeps up on the snail, immobilises it with a poison dart and then eats it. But, says Watson, when the conch snail gets a whiff of the cone shell, it immediately leaps into action to escape the predator's poisonous dart. "They are able to move away from the predator quite rapidly for a snail," says Watson. The snails rapidly extend a modified foot to lift their whole shell off the ground. "They actually jump backwards and slightly to the side as high as three or four centimetres off the ground," says Watson. "They do several of these jumps in quick succession and are able to propel themselves backward with each jump." http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2013/07/05/3795110.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidg Posted July 6, 2013 Report Share Posted July 6, 2013 They are so cool, I have a pic of a fight between the cone and the other shell fish, the cone won as we saw when we swam back later on, I will see if I can hunt back through collecting trip pics to find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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