Yes, you can. But you shouldn't. Puffers only "puff" when they are in an extremely stressful situation they feel is "life or death". If a puffer puffs air instead of water they can have a hard time deflating, which can result in death for the puffer.
-Hannah-
GreenSpottedPuffer.net
Scare it.
A puffer fish
A puffer fish
Normal fish do not puff up- only puffer fish.
Elena Puff (Mrs. Puff) is a "Puffer Fish" .
I know that puffer fish just are scared so they puff up to scare other fish away!But they are vegetarians and like to eat seaweed!
A puffer fish moves like any other fish. They swim through the water and puff up when they feel that they need to be defensive. They have tiny fins.
Puffer fish have spines and a rib cage so they are most defiantly vertebrate
puffer fish originated from humans an there are few human / puffer fish left . I have met one myself and it was one of the most exhilarating experiences of my life .Watch out because they can still puff .
The average weight of an adult puffer fish is 10 to 30 pounds. They weigh more when they puff up because they quickly ingest water.
When the puffer fish inflates its body to increase its size it is a behavior called a defense mechanism. Puffer fish have highly elastic stomachs and the ability to quickly take in air or water to puff themselves up. This turns them into an inedible ball.
The formal species name for the puffer fish is Tetraodontidae. It's in the Animalia kingdom, Chordata phylum, Vertebrata subphylum, Actinopterygii class, Neopterygii subclass, Teleostei infraclass, and Tetraodontiformes order.
One interesting Puffer fish fact is that they can puff up to several times their original size. They do this by ingesting water. Another interesting fact is that Puffer fish are poor swimmers.