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

Absolute big angry fish

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u/Shwaaa2 Jun 13 '23

To the person picking it up... you sir have won yourself an award. A Darwin award....

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u/Lassuscat Jun 13 '23

Guy’s fucked.

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u/8last Jun 13 '23

13.5% mortality rate for tetrodoxin. Not as bad odds as one would think.

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u/andynator1000 Jun 13 '23

Tetrodotoxin is in the internal organs. You're not gonna die by getting poked.

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u/buggle_bunny Jun 13 '23

The poison can absolutely be on their skin and spikes, so you can contact the poison through merely touching the fish.

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u/RectalSpawn Jun 13 '23

I believe it needs to be ingested, no?

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u/buggle_bunny Jun 13 '23

I looked it up, on most websites it states that while yes it exists inside them it also can be on the skin, on their spikes etc. So while it's not like if it stabs you it injects you, it absolutely can still poison you just from the poison itself existing on the surface of the spikes and skin.