Hidden under the sand is a cone snail.

沙子下面藏着一只锥形蜗牛。

Were four tiny, hangry cone snails.

拉蒂夫：是四只小而饥饿的圆锥蜗牛。

So he was holding onto the shell of a cone snail, which is this venomous snail.

拉蒂夫：所以他抓着一只锥形蜗牛的壳，这是一种有毒的蜗牛。

The one in the middle is a cone snail, one of the most venomous animals on the planet.

中间的是锥形蜗牛，地球上毒性最强的动物之一。

But the latest venom science is turning to new sources of venom: centipedes, assassin bugs, and stealthy cone snails.

但最新的毒液科学正在转向新的毒液来源：蜈蚣、刺客虫和隐身锥蜗牛。

To recognize her, Toto actually named a new species of cone snail that he discovered after her—conus dalli.

为了认出她，托托实际上以她的名字命名了他发现的一种圆锥蜗牛新物种——达利圆锥蜗牛。

That is the deadliest cone snail.

这是最致命的锥形蜗牛。

So the way Joseph explained it to me is that these cone snails are basically vampires.

拉蒂夫：约瑟夫向我解释的方式是，这些锥形蜗牛基本上是吸血鬼。

So Toto and Luli go around buying up all these cone snails.

拉蒂夫：所以托托和露丽四处买买所有这些锥形蜗牛。

But some species, like the ocean-dwelling geographic cone snail, have weaponized a fast-acting form of insulin to stun fish and nab a meal.

但是有些物种，比如生活在海洋中的地理锥形蜗牛，已经将一种速效形式的胰岛素作为武器来击晕鱼和捕食。

So Joseph, aside from overseeing a shell collection, not unlike Toto, he is one of the world's foremost experts in cone snail biology.

拉蒂夫：约瑟夫除了负责监督贝壳收藏之外，与托托不同，他还是世界上最重要的锥蜗牛生物学专家之一。

So despite the molecule’s deadly origins, the scientists hope that, with more research and experiments, this cone snail insulin could inspire emergency treatments that save lives.

因此，尽管这种分子的起源是致命的， 但科学家们希望，通过更多的研究和实验， 这种锥形蜗牛胰岛素可以激发挽救生命的紧急治疗。

Toto was like, " Look, the thing that I love about cone snails, the thing I always found so fascinating was their ... " BALDOMERO OLIVERA: Venom.

拉蒂夫：托托就像是，“看，我喜欢锥形蜗牛的一点是，我总是觉得它们如此迷人… … ” 巴尔多梅罗·奥利维拉：毒液。

And in fact, there's one kind of cone snail which is the—the kind of most intense, it's called the geography cone snail, colloquially known, or it's been called the cigarette snail.

拉蒂夫：事实上，有一种锥形蜗牛，是最强烈的一种，它被称为地理锥形蜗牛，俗称，或者被称为香烟蜗牛。

And he said one of the big reasons he got into it and was fascinated by cone snails is they are snails that hunt fish and eat fish.

他说，他进入这个行业并对锥形蜗牛着迷的一个重要原因是它们是捕鱼和吃鱼的蜗牛。

When the geographic cone snail is on the hunt, it pumps a venom cocktail, including a kind of insulin, into the water where fish are swimming around, causing their blood sugar levels to crash.

当地理锥蜗牛捕猎时，它会向鱼儿游来游去的水中注入一种毒液混合物， 其中包括一种胰岛素， 导致它们的血糖水平急剧下降。

For a long time, researchers focused on only a small set of venomous animals: spiders, snakes, scorpions, and some cone snails — looking for new therapeutics and for clues to how venom-victim pairs evolved.

长期以来，研究人员只关注一小部分有毒动物：蜘蛛、蛇、蝎子和一些锥形蜗牛——寻找新的治疗方法以及毒液-受害者对如何进化的线索。