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  2. Fugu - Wikipedia

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    Takifugu in a tank. The fugu (河豚; 鰒; フグ) in Japanese, bogeo (복어; -魚) or bok (복) in Korean, and hétún (河豚; 河魨) in Standard Modern Chinese [a] is a pufferfish, normally of the genus Takifugu, Lagocephalus, or Sphoeroides, or a porcupinefish of the genus Diodon, or a dish prepared from these fish.

  3. Ciguatera fish poisoning - Wikipedia

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    Ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP), also known as ciguatera, is a foodborne illness caused by eating reef fish contaminated with ciguatoxins. [ 4 ] [ 2 ] Such individual fish are said to be ciguatoxic . Symptoms may include diarrhea , vomiting, numbness, itchiness, sensitivity to hot and cold, dizziness , and weakness.

  4. Tetrodotoxin - Wikipedia

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    The trumpet shell Charonia sauliae has been implicated in food poisonings, and evidence suggests it contains a tetrodotoxin derivative. There have been several reported poisonings from mislabelled pufferfish, and at least one report of a fatal episode in Oregon when an individual swallowed a rough-skinned newt Taricha granulosa on a dare. [61]

  5. Deadly pufferfish hospitalizes family of 11 - AOL

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    A deadly pufferfish hospitalized an entire family who unintentionally consumed the poisonous fish for dinner. According to Brazil's Globo News, eleven members of the Souza family ate a pufferfish ...

  6. 8 insanely dangerous foods people actually eat - AOL

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    Watch out for those green sprouts!!They may contain solanine, a very toxic substance.Eating them can cause poisoning. Potato, poisato. 8) Sannakji Sannakji is live octopus that is cut into bite ...

  7. Tetraodontidae - Wikipedia

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    Pufferfish can be lethal if not served properly. Puffer poisoning usually results from consumption of incorrectly prepared puffer soup, fugu chiri, or occasionally from raw puffer meat, sashimi fugu. While chiri is much more likely to cause death, sashimi fugu often causes intoxication, light-headedness, and numbness of the lips. [24]

  8. Tainted Tuna: Why Food Poisoning from Fish Is No Fluke - AOL

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    But recent studies show that mislabeling, food poisoning, overuse of antibiotics and a. When it comes to eating healthily, fish has a great reputation. Low in saturated fat, high in vitamins, it's ...

  9. Poisonous fish - Wikipedia

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    Puffer fish are the most poisonous fish in the world. Poisonous fish are fish that are poisonous to eat. They contain toxins which are not destroyed by the digestive systems of animals that eat the fish. [1] Venomous fish also contain toxins, but do not necessarily cause poisoning if they are eaten, since the digestive system often destroys ...