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What do cone shells eat?

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Some carnivorous snails are cannibalistic, while others scavenge off of dead animals. The Janthina Snails are known to feed on the Portuguese Man O' War.

Other carnivorous snails prey on crustaceans, fish, and other invertebrates.

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No they are the top of every food chain including humans although they do have an irrational fear of there shells and if u leave them alone they eat themselves. It a wonder that they are not extinct.

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-Small cone snails feed off sea worms, small fish and other cone snails -Larger ones eat fish and other slightly larger sea creatures.

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Cone snails are eaten by octopuses, crabs, lobsters, sea birds, and people.

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Cone shells eat worms, mollusks, or small fish Those that eat worms having the weakest venom.

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cone shells are eaten by many things such as small fish and other organisms.

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