The Sanibel-Captiva Shell Club will meet on Sunday, April 10 at 2 p.m. EDT at The Community House, at 2173 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel. Come join us in person (or by Zoom for members only; check your email for the Zoom link). Not a member? Click here to JOIN NOW.
The Community House doors open at 1:30 p.m. so you are welcome to come early to socialize and meet new members. Don’t forget to preview and bid on the the great items in the silent shell auction before the meeting begins at 2 p.m. Also, there will be four special specimens in a live oral auction.
(Remember that the meeting will begin promptly at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Saving Time)
The guest speaker will be Tom Annesley, active professor emeritus at the University of Michigan, where he teaches scientific writing. He has published more than 200 scientific papers and presented over 180 invited lectures in 12 countries. He won a university teaching award the first year he was at the University of Michigan, a national education award in 2018, and an international education award in 2020.
Tom is past-president of the Sanibel-Captiva Shell Club and prior Scientific Chair of the Sanibel Shell Show. He spends much of his time volunteering at the Bailey Matthews National Shell Museum.
He will discuss “The Extraordinary Capabilities of Cone Snails.” The cone snails are among the most beautiful mollusks found anywhere in the world. Their beauty, however, hides the fact that these slow-moving snails use harpoon-like tools and a potent venom mixture to capture their prey. These venoms can be as potent as a rattlesnake bite, scorpion sting, Gila monster bite, and poison dart frog combined. But like many things in nature, animals with bad reputations often have unrecognized redeeming qualities. So, can cone snails be both supervillains and superheroes? In this presentation, Tom Annesley will help you decide for yourself.
The meeting is free and open to the public.
Contact us with any questions at info@sanibelshellclub.com