The most dangerous conus of the entire conidae family
is,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,the one you bought and now need to
explain to the wife how her anniversary diamond ring has been converted into
a lump-o-calcium !!!!
tulipa, geographus, fragilissimus , eldredi, culveri, obscurus, I know there
is one more but the other cones you listed Helmut are not deadly to humans ,
unless you are allergic to them . Thanks for the plug there Thomas. glad
your enjoying the book.
Mark James & Peta Susan Bethke
3001 South Ocean Dr. Suite 4-V
Hollywood, Florida
33019-2804
U.S.A.
-----Original Message-----
From: Helmut Nisters <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Monday, June 14, 1999 5:31 PM
Subject: AW: Conidae
>Dear Coniders
>
>which are the most dangerous cones for human beings. Can anybody tell me
>almost 6 species: maybe Conus geographus, textile, tulipa, striatus. Am I
right.
>Who knows others. Please tell me. I would need informations as there is a
>exhibition of living snakes in the museum and with the time we want to make
>other shows with other velenous animals and some empty shells of very
dangerous
>Conidae. I will ask for some shells of these dangerous Conidae in trading
with
>European inlandshells as I don't have other shells to trade. But I would
need
>the Cones as soon as possible. We have just of these species only one or a
few specimens in the museums collection, but I wan't to sort them out and
let
>them in the collection. So I hope to receive one or two specimens / species
>of the most dangerous ones.
>Hope anybody will answer as soon as possible.
>
>thank you in advance.
>
>with best shelling greetings
>Helmut from Innsbruck.
>
>Helmut Nisters
>Franz-Fischer-Str. 46
>A-6020 Innsbruck / Austria / Europe
>phone and fax: 0043 / 512 / 57 32 14
>e-mail: [log in to unmask]
>url: www.netwing.at/nisters/
>
>or
>
>Natural History Department of the
>Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum Innsbruck
>malacological collection
>Feldstr. 11a
>A-6020 Innsbruck / Austria / Europe
>phone: 0043 / 512 / 58 72 86-37
>
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