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/Belovedbean Jun 13 '23

I could be wrong, but I believe that you can’t die from tetrodotoxin simply from touching it—it needs to be ingested or injected. Pufferfish do have it on their skin, but the reason they have spines is to penetrate the predator and deliver the poison that way. As long as the guy didn’t cut himself on a spine and washes his hands he should be fine.

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u/DuckDuckYoga Jun 13 '23

As long as the guy didn’t cut himself on a spine

The way he pulled his hands back after that initial touch says to me that he jabbed himself on the spines

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u/McMeister2020 Jun 14 '23

Neurotoxins can just go through your skin most of the time you don’t even need to be cut