The Puffer Fish Presentation by Hoel SEZNEC 1
The Puffer Fish Presentation by Hoel SEZNEC 1
Background About the Puffer fish: �more commonly known as the Japanese puffer fish. �There are nearly 100 kinds of puffer fish worldwide. �Live in salt water or fresh water �They can grow up to 70. 0 cm. 2
Its food �Algae �Mollusks �Invertebrates �crustaceans 3
Its defenses �It inflates its body �It poison his prey, enough poison to kill 30 humans It doesn’t fear its environment 4
Japanese like it in sushi ! 5
Its poison �The Second most poisonous vertebrate on earth, �Poison = tetrodotoxin =lethal poison=1200 more deadlier than cyanide, �It is possibly that a human can survive to a bite �Otherwise death is possible in 30 minutes �It is use in voodoo to make zombies 6
Its poison �No antidote, �It paralyze muscles => death by asphyxiation The victim stays conscious, �A medical approach is to support the respiratory and circulatory system, 7
Where come from the poison? �The poison is located on intern organs : Liver, ovaries, skin, testes, intestines. - The poison is made by a toxin located on algae. The puffer fish eat the bacteria and digest it to make the poison, - If the puffer fish is raised in artificial place it is not poisonous, 8
Where come from the poison? �It is the same poison in the cone snail or the blue-ring octopus �The bacteria are located on red limestone algae at -100 m �It is the pseudomonas and vibrion. 9
An other use of the poison �Medical use : � Anesthetic � Better than any opium or morphine � No dependance 10
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