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when a person eats the flesh of a fugu, also known as a puffer fish, which contains lethal toxins.
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Why is there numbness after eating a pufferfish meal?
From tetraodontidae-2Puffer poisoning usually results from consumption of incorrectly prepared puffer soup, fugu chiri or occasionally from raw puffer meat, fugu. While chiri is much more likely to cause death, sashimi fugu often causes intoxication, light-headedness, and numbness of the lips, and is often eaten for this reason.
Is fugu poisonous?
Yes, fugu is poisonous, but if prepared properly then it is safe to eat.
What is known as fugu to the Japanese?
"Fugu" is the Japanese word for "blowfish". PCH: Pufferfish
What do fugu eat?
The fugu fish is an extremely poisonous fish found in the waters off Japan. Fugu fish, also called puffer fish, eat other fish, small crustaceans, and plankton.
Why are Japanese chefs careful when preparing the globefish called fugu?
fugu has ttx in it, so chefs cant cut themselves
What does fugu taste like?
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Where is the poison located on a fugu fish?
Recent evidence has shown that tetrodotoxin (the poison present with fugu) is produced by certain bacteria and that these are the source of the toxin in pufferfish like fugu. It is speculated that the fugu picked up the bacteria by consuming other animals were contaminated with the bacteria - which doesn't hurt them because they have developed an immunity to the toxin. Some aquaculture farmers manage to produce "toxin free" fugu by keeping them away from the bacteria. The poison seems to accumulate in the organs (such as the liver and ovaries) and skin of the fugu. If improperly prepared, the toxin can spread to other parts of the fish.
What is the treatment for fugu poisoning?
If spontaneous vomiting does not occur, it should be induced. Gastric lavage (stomach washing) with an alkaline solution has been suggested, as well as endoscopy to remove the poison from the proximal small bowel.
Who eats fugu puffer fish?
Japanese
What is the best definition verbal irony?
Fugu
Why could you die after eating TTX?
yes...TTX is a neurotoxin that shuts down electrical signals in the nerves by disrupting the flow of sodium ions into nerve cells. Fugu poisoning victims generally die with six to 24 hours after eating fugu, depending on the amount of poison ingested. Paralysis spread through the body while the victim is conscious. Death usually occurs from respiratory failure after the victims has gone into
Served improperly in a Japanese restaurant fugu can kill you It certainly killed kabuki actor Mitsugoro Bando in 1975 What is fugu?
it is a puffer fish Puffer Fish
