puffers have poisen in there flesh and when bit the fish gets a dose and ether die or are parlyzed for a day or two so if ur fish bits one it should be quarentined for awhile
Who is paralyzed the biter or the bitten, and who should be quaranteed?thefishofdoom said:puffers have poisen in there flesh and when bit the fish gets a dose and ether die or are parlyzed for a day or two so if ur fish bits one it should be quarentined for awhile
Oddball said:Only newly caught puffers will have tetradotoxin in their livers and gall bladders. As time passes, they'll lose this toxin in captivity. The toxin is retained from foods it hunts in the wild. It's not naturally produced in puffers.
And, there is no toxin in the flesh. I've eaten hundreds of wild caught puffers. So long as the abdominal cavity isn't pierced while cleaning them for the kitchen, there's no danger of poisoning.
Animal Planet is trash. You really shouldn't waste your time on that mindless kiddy junk...Miles said:It is also interesting to hear they do not produce it themselves, but in their diet. I knew about the concetration of Tetradotoxin in the abdominal cavity, but I was unaware of the other information.
I must not of listened to Animal Planet very well..
Eating Fugu is just not worth dieing over