Medicine - Health
Research to create pain reliever from puffer fish toxins
The deadly neurotoxin from puffer fish could create a generation of non-narcotic pain relievers.
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Oceanography
How do puffer fish inflate and why do they do it?
With the poison in his body and the ability to inflate himself into a ball of spikes, the puffer fish can scare off many of its enemies.
Oceanography
Golden Ark Puffer Fish - Fish with a strange square shape
Despite possessing a bulky body, the yellow puffer fish still swim as fast as a shot to catch prey using the caudal fin.
Health
The first 'super toxic' in puffer fish has been synthesized successfully
With a toxicity thousands of times cyanide, tetrodotoxin is one of the most dangerous neurotoxic substances in the natural world for the first time has been synthesized…
Oceanography
Fish can not breathe for 4 minutes in the Pacific Ocean
Deep sea puffer fish can hold breaths for 26 to 40 seconds by keeping a large amount of water in the gills.
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The arduous journey for Japanese chefs is allowed to process puffer fish
This is one of the types of fish that requires a license to be slaughtered in Japan - Japanese puffer fish.
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Vietnamese queens are listed in 10 impressive species in 2015
The American Institute of Environmental and Forestry Science (ESF) publishes 10 impressive newly discovered organisms of 2015, including one found in Vietnam.
Oceanography
Japan caught poisonous fish 50 times more than puffer fish
Mie provincial fishery officials on October 30 said the fishermen in Toshi Island, Toba City, in the province have caught Soshihagi fish of the Kawahagi family that cont…
Oceanography
The 'monsters' in the sea
If the ground is the dominant area of humanity, the sea is the place where a lot of fear for humanity is spread because this is the land of
Oceanography
Puffer fish seduces mates with poison
Research done at the Institute of Molecular, Cell Biology and National University of Singapore has shown how well this pufferfish can live despite the amount of dangerou…
Animal world
Puffed puffer rushed with water to return to the original
The video recorded puffer fish that had gradually shrunk to normal shape because the account Clara posted on Twitter last week quickly caused fever, attracting more than…
Animal world
Eye surgery for ... puffer fish
A puffer fish at Bristol Zoo, England was surgically removed by veterinarians to remove the right cataract eye. This is one of the first surgeries of this type in the Mi…
Animal world
Fish turn into balls
Thanks to the ability to suck water or air into the abdomen to enlarge the body into a sphere, the puffer fish can challenge the most terrifying predators.
Videos
Video: Puffer fish patiently waiting for the diver to rescue you stuck
Porcupine puffer fish is stuck in the net, but its companion is always swimming close by to encourage the rescue.
Medicine - Health
5 dishes millions of people like but are deadly, especially the number 3
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