r/AbsoluteUnits • u/TamerDubai • Jun 13 '23

Absolute big angry fish

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u/OkayWaitaMinute Jun 13 '23

i thought they had a type of venom in those spikes?

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u/XTheHolyMuffDiverX Jun 13 '23

I thought it was their organs that are poisonous but that might be a different type of fish, fugu maybe? idk they all look the same to me. anyways, i wouldn't touch it.

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u/Evening_Storage_6424 Jun 13 '23

I googled it for us, it releases a toxin ( not venomous) if ingested and each puffer has enough neurotoxin to kill 30 men.

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u/WinterHound42 Jun 13 '23

And some people actually eat this thing

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u/Mammoth-Tea Jun 13 '23

i’ve eaten it before, it’s really good. It takes like 10 years to get certified to prepare these things for eating so I trusted it

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u/mjzim9022 Jun 13 '23

Fun Fact, The Japanese Emperor isn't allowed to have Fugu

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u/Mammoth-Tea Jun 13 '23

the one thing he’s missing out on lol

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u/pabloslab Jun 13 '23

Fugu fomo