Paul,

Is that accurate?   C. purpurascens I mean?   An amazing feat if
so...  faster than NCV!

Nancy




>         "That a Lindstradt?" she asked. "Yup. Lindstradt air rifle. Most
>expensive gun in the world. Fires a subsonic impact-delivery dart. I'm
>loading it with the enhanced venom of Conus purpurascens - South Sea cone
>shell. It's the most powerful neurotoxin in the world. Acts within a
>two-thousandth of a second, which is faster than the nerve-conduction
>velocity. So, the animal's down before it even feels the prick of the dart,"
>Adams said quickly and informatively.
>
>Thank goodness we have Hollywood to inform us of such natural wonders! Here
>is another bit of malacological lore, from Chapter 6 of Crystal Watson's
>Headhunter . . .
>
>"Don't tell me that this snail is also poisonous," commented the inspector,
>as he walked up behind the two of them. "It is, indeed," answered Dr. Crane
>with a grim smile. "It has tiny little teeth that it shoots through its
>proboscis like darts from a blowgun. They're quite venomous."
>
>Paul M.