TikToker Films Herself Moments Before Near-Death Experience After Picking Up One Of The World’s Most Dangerous Creatures
It might sound like something straight out of a horror movie, but for one TikToker, this terrifying situation was all too real. She innocently recorded herself collecting seashells by the water’s edge, not knowing the potential risk right in her hand.
Beckylee Rawls shared the now-viral video on TikTok. In the clip, she is seen calmly strolling along a beach in Okinawa, Japan, when she bends down to pick up a shell from the sand.
In the caption of her TikTok post, she reflected on the encounter, writing: “Last time I ever pick up a cone shell barehanded…”
In a follow-up video, Beckylee explained how it all happened. She said: “Yep, that was me picking up a marbled cone snail – one of the deadliest creatures on Earth. Had no idea.”
“I was out tidepooling in Okinawa, Japan, and I came across this shell.”
“So I pick up the shell and that’s when I noticed the shell’s alive, and the black and white tube you see is the snail’s siphon which it breathes out of.”
“This is also the end of the snail that shoots a harpoon to sting and inject its victims with venom.”
“I hope my story spreads awareness that not all pretty shells are harmless.”
Hundreds of users flooded the comment section, reacting to how close she came to danger. One person expressed concern by saying: “Cone snails are one of the deadliest animals out there; I’m hoping you’re fully recovered.”
A third person chimed in, clearly overwhelmed, with: “What the hell? How are we supposed to know all these things?!”
There are around 700 different species of cone snails in the world, and every single one of them carries venom. These creatures are mostly found in tropical waters, particularly around the Pacific Ocean, the South China Sea, and parts of Australia.
