PUFFERFISH - Fish Funny and Dangerous
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Pufferfish(Colomesus psittacus) is a fish that has a very unique shape and cute, round like a ball while developing themselves.
When we touched him, he will develop themselves as a way to defend themselves or scaring off predators. Puffer fish live in freshwater and widely spread in the tropics. in my place, this fish is called with fish Bukum (Aceh).
This fish is also crowned as vertebrates (animals with backbones) are dangerous because it contains poison tetrodotoxin (TTX). Symptoms that will be experienced if it has been exposed to toxins these TTX, usually the victim will experience nausea, vomiting and numbness in the oral cavity.
If not treated quickly, there will be paralysis and breathing difficult until eventually going to die. The reaction was poison is very fast, less than half an hour.
Therefore, when they are exposed to toxins these fish (TTX), the victim should be immediately brought to the hospital for a stomach pump so that the poison did not spread throughout the body.
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