I definitely remember that Anne; I thought that it was taken from a real case.
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It was actually used as a case on the old Hawaii 5- O program, where the murder victim was stung. They traced it to an aquarium in the home of the bad guy. He used this little cone to murder people, then put it back in the water.. It was Conus textilis if my memory is right,odd for Hawaii. The cone was vindicated, the owner of it not so lucky.
Anne
In a message dated 10/27/2015 8:19:01 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes:
Good Morning,
I don’t know anyone myself who have been stung. However, I do recall there was at least one person who was murdered in association with either a sting or the venom taken from Conidial.
If I remember correctly, it happened in Hawaii in the 60's or 70's.
VR
Brian J Schweikert.
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I would be most grateful if you could post the following request for collaboration on a project to update and increase knowledge of human injuries due to stings by Conidae.
Thank you very much.
Human injuries from Conus stings
Have you ever been stung by a Conus? Do you know of anyone who has been stung by a Conus?
Long ago (in another century), I published an account of all known cases of human injury and fatality due to envenomation by Conus. At that time (1958) there were 25, of which five were fatal. In a book chapter five years later I was able to add a dozen more recent and previously unreported cases, making a total of 37, of which 10 were fatal. For the next 20 years or so, I attempted to update these records in a database but I did not organize it for publication. It now contains 105 records (35 fatal). Unfortunately, I did not rigorously attempt to update the database after about 1983. Now, having been invited to contribute an updated report to a special issue of an international journal, I would like to take advantage of the improvements in communication afforded by the internet to do so. In addition to the update, I also propose to attempt interpretation of the symptoms and therapeutics in light of modern knowledge of diversity and biochemistry of the known conotoxin venom components of the species involved.
I thus invite contributions of information about recent or previously unreported cases of humans stung by any members of the family Conidae, no matter what species nor the degree of severity. Please contact me, preferably during the next two weeks (the submission deadline of my report is looming), and I will send you a standard form on which to enter whatever information you are able to glean about the case(s).
Below I cite the references to the papers I mentioned above, and I would be pleased to send collaborators reprints (pdf or paper---only a few of the latter remain). The first report includes a portrait that purports to be of the author; it doesn’t seem to resemble him very closely!
1958. Recent cases of human injury due to venomous marine snails of the genus Conus. Hawaii Medical Journal, 17: 528-532.
1963. Venomous marine snails of the genus Conus. In: Venomous and Poisonous Animals and Noxious Plants of the Pacific Area, B. Halstead, ed., pp. 83-96. Pergamon Press, Oxford.
With appreciation in advance for any relevant information,
Alan J. Kohn
Dept. of Biology
Box 351800
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195, U.S.A.
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Telephone: (206) 616-4383
Fax: (206) 616-2011
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