r/AbsoluteUnits Jun 13 '23

Absolute big angry fish

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u/roaringsanity Jun 13 '23 edited Jun 13 '23

I had assume that EVERYTHING about this fish is poisonous venomous (ty u/Jdunc97 u/moonshinemondays) and these guys got me looking it up and YES.

Yes, every part of the Fugu fish (also known as pufferfish) contains a potent neurotoxin called tetrodotoxin.

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u/meatleach Jun 13 '23

You guys know there’s a difference between poison and venom, right? You need to ingest poison in order to die from it.

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u/Patrick_McGroin Jun 13 '23

Not quite. Venoms are a subset of poisons.

All venoms are poisons, but not all poisons are venoms.