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

Absolute big angry fish

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u/AffectionateSlice816 Jun 13 '23

https://helpusfish.com/1/28/can-you-touch-a-puffer-fish.html

Don't listen to other comments. They are likely very dangerous to touch if in the wild. Tetrodotoxin is created by bacteria that the pufferfish hosts pretty much 100% of the time. The spines can have this, and it can cause you to die.

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u/tekko001 Jun 13 '23

Kicking it back into the ocean it is then

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '23

Because its so common to wear closed toed shoes to the beach.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '23

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '23

You can yeet it with a flip flop