Puffer Fish Kills Eight And Hospitalises 170

[kewskills]

PFK Article

 

[beany_bot]

If you wanna eat it, then you take that risk! thats is its deffence mechanism so dont go crying if you get sick from eating something know to be poisinous!

 

[andywg]

Something doesn't quite sit right here. They say it is the skin? I seem to recall that Tetraodotoxin is present in the organs of many of the brackish and SW puffers, but a different toxin (Saxitoxin?) is presnt in FW puffers where it is found in the skin.

 

[kewskills]

Something doesn't quite sit right here. They say it is the skin? I seem to recall that Tetraodotoxin is present in the organs of many of the brackish and SW puffers, but a different toxin (Saxitoxin?) is presnt in FW puffers where it is found in the skin.

cool something to think about / investigate.