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What is fugu poisoning?
when a person eats the flesh of a fugu, also known as a puffer fish, which contains lethal toxins.
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.
What eats fugus?
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 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.
What the posions name for puffer fish?
The name for the poisonous puffer fish is a fugu fish. The poison that is carried by the fish is tetradotoxin. The fugu fish is a delicacy in Japan and must be carefully prepared so that the poisons are removed.
When did the Japanese people eat fugu?
You won't be able to tell it. We don't know.
Is fugu poisonous?
Yes, fugu is poisonous, but if prepared properly then it is safe to eat.
What type of food do people eat in Tokyo japan?
rice is usually a staple with every meal but most popular foods are curry, fugu, noodles, miso soup, sushi, sashimi, teppanyaki style cooking, and unagi.
What is known as fugu to the Japanese?
"Fugu" is the Japanese word for "blowfish". PCH: Pufferfish
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.
