“Fugu” as shashemi Puffer fish are called in Japan are considered a dining delicacy. Sushi chefs take years of study to deftly remove the ovaries and/or livers of the fish where the neurotoxins are concentrated. However, after consuming, it is common to experience numbness in the fingers and toes for a period of time. Every year though, there are about a dozen gourmet diners that meet their end when toxic pieces of the raw fish are missed, and respiratory/cardiac functions cease.
There’s pufferfish and pufferfish. All are more or less dangerously toxic. Those used to prepare fugu sashimi are fatal if not carved just so.
Per you-know-who:
“The symptoms from ingesting a lethal dose of tetrodotoxin [the toxin present in the fugu puffer] may include dizziness, exhaustion, headache, nausea, or difficulty breathing. The person remains conscious but cannot speak or move. Breathing stops and asphyxiation follows. There is no known antidote, and treatment consists of emptying the stomach, giving the person activated charcoal to bind the toxin, and putting them on life support until the poison has worn off. Toxicologists have been working on developing an antidote for tetrodotoxin.”
Sure, the Puffer is just a gateway fish. Soon your kid is experimenting with Tetras. Then the Swordtails are not far behind. Not enough of a high? Then he’s slipping into Black Mollies. God help you as a parent if he’s gone to Kissing Gouramis! By then you’ll need an expert ichthyologist to convince him that he’s in troubled waters.
The War On Drugs, perpetuuated by control freaks and pharmaceutical corporations for over 100 years. It has always been an abysmal failure, unless you invest in the prison-industrial complex. Damn fools!
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sevaar777 over 3 years ago
“Fugu” as shashemi Puffer fish are called in Japan are considered a dining delicacy. Sushi chefs take years of study to deftly remove the ovaries and/or livers of the fish where the neurotoxins are concentrated. However, after consuming, it is common to experience numbness in the fingers and toes for a period of time. Every year though, there are about a dozen gourmet diners that meet their end when toxic pieces of the raw fish are missed, and respiratory/cardiac functions cease.
jimmjonzz Premium Member over 3 years ago
There’s pufferfish and pufferfish. All are more or less dangerously toxic. Those used to prepare fugu sashimi are fatal if not carved just so.
Per you-know-who:
“The symptoms from ingesting a lethal dose of tetrodotoxin [the toxin present in the fugu puffer] may include dizziness, exhaustion, headache, nausea, or difficulty breathing. The person remains conscious but cannot speak or move. Breathing stops and asphyxiation follows. There is no known antidote, and treatment consists of emptying the stomach, giving the person activated charcoal to bind the toxin, and putting them on life support until the poison has worn off. Toxicologists have been working on developing an antidote for tetrodotoxin.”
dadoctah over 3 years ago
Is that “Cap” as in “Uncle Cap’n”?
WaitingMan over 3 years ago
Ironic that I’m reading this with a nice buzz on. Perfectly legal in New Jersey now.
Dr. Quatermass over 3 years ago
Sure, the Puffer is just a gateway fish. Soon your kid is experimenting with Tetras. Then the Swordtails are not far behind. Not enough of a high? Then he’s slipping into Black Mollies. God help you as a parent if he’s gone to Kissing Gouramis! By then you’ll need an expert ichthyologist to convince him that he’s in troubled waters.
Masterskrain over 3 years ago
This whole thing sounds fishy to me…
mattro65 over 3 years ago
The War On Drugs, perpetuuated by control freaks and pharmaceutical corporations for over 100 years. It has always been an abysmal failure, unless you invest in the prison-industrial complex. Damn fools!
Decepticomic over 3 years ago
Drugs’re bad, mmkay?
jpozenel over 3 years ago
He should have stuck to sucking toads, but apparently that was a “gateway” to Puffer fish neurotoxins.
Just say “NO” kids! But then again, don’t people pay to swim with the Dolphins?
DonPoole over 3 years ago
Very funny strip today!