The cone snail has some of the most potent venom in the world, with an unbelievably impressive way to hunt prey.

Redditors quickly pointed out that it was indeed a poisonous cone snail - specifically, a textile cone snail. These animals mostly live in the Indian Ocean, and the Red Sea is one of its inlets.

It’s fair to say that research into ways to protect an endangered sea snail called “Kayanomi-kanimori,” or Clypeomorus bifasciata as it is known academically, had proceeded at a snail’s ...