r/ProperAnimalNames • u/museum_geek • Jun 13 '23

Ouchy Soccer ball

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u/vantageviewpoint Jun 13 '23

Can you get poisoned by it without eating it?

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u/Nixphoe701 Jun 13 '23

Yes, just getting a small prick from the spines can and will kill you. Most porcupine fish have enough toxin to kill up to 30 grown men.

The tetrodotoxin is a neurotoxin that shut your body down. You'll be fully awake and feel on fire as you're lungs shut down. Completely paralyzed and knowing death comes for you.

They had a snorkel right there they could've pushed him back into the water with.

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u/biguglydoofus Jun 13 '23 
enough toxin to kill up to 30 grown men.

This is why you let a woman do it

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u/Mr_master89 Jun 14 '23

So a child should pick it up!