HI STEEMIANS!

I received a sad story, I have heard the story of coastal communities in the area of North Aceh some time ago, from a village leader, who said that in his village there have been casualties from a family who consumed a puffer fish.

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I justify the story, because before he told me, the news was already spread in the local media. He says, the puffer fish is a deadly poison fish.

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However, in a report I received from the villagers around the villagers' residence, they said that in the village, there is a tradition of eating puffer fish, but must be cooked in a certain way, the puffer fish is also not fish carelessly, because there are several types that can be eaten.

The news and information came to my ears because yesterday I was fishing in a river mouth, close to the ocean without big waves. Then, is it true that the puffer fish is poisonous? In addition to citizen information, I also summarized some information from the internet, said, Bloated/puffer fish poisons can kill 30 adults at once!.

If we look at it from close range, the puffer fish will look like a cute and funny fish. In fact, the puffer fish belong to the carnivorous group (meat-eating animals).

In addition, this bloated fish (puffer fish) is also known as a fish that is not very good at swimming, so for that reason, the puffer fish has the ability to enter water into the body, until then the bloated fish was bulging. That is of course done so that he survives and is not used as food by other predatory fish.

When bubbled, I noticed that the size of the body of the puffer fish would be enlarged, even three times larger than itself (normal).

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The eyes of the puffer fish (this is one of the marine inhabitants of the Malacca Strait)

From some information I get, I know, that according to some people, the taste of puffer fish is very delicious to eat. Really?

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There are even several restaurants in Korea and Japan serving this puffer fish as a food menu. However, I suggest to you, who ever consumed this fish, you must reduce it from now, or you should stop consuming it.

Why is that? Because of this puffer fish when viewed naturally, in its body there is tetrodotoxin. That means poison, right ?!

"Tetrodotoxin is one of the most fatal natural toxins, it can be 10,000 times more dangerous if we compare it with cyanide poison."
(Source)

This deadly Tetrodotoxin poison, in research, found that it would react to the victim in less than half an hour. Very scary!

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The bloated puffer fins look like a grouper fin

That night, my hook was heavy because it was pulled by a big fish, my heart was pounding, I thought it was a big grouper, after I pulled it ashore, I just found out that the vibration I felt was a bolt of fish weighs almost 2kg.

I did not bring that fish home, I released it back into the water. I also dare not eat it, although there are some people who have managed to enjoy the soft meat from the puffer fish.

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BY: STEEMVEST17

Original Article | Photo Taken with: Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime | 2017