A palytoxin is a variety of marine toxin which can cause ciguatera.
A palytoxin is a variety of marine toxin which can cause ciguatera.
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Palythoa are deadly poisonous. Eating one single polyp would mean death. Numbness, dizzyness, flu-like symptoms, nausea, diarrhea, headache, chest constriction, difficulty breathing, then no breathing, then your heart stops and you die. Palythoa are so poisonous, you don't even have to eat it to get sick. There are people who have touched palythoas with small cuts on their fingers that have experienced palytoxin poisoning. Zoanthids, also toxic. Different varieties pose greater or less amounts of poison, some varieties have none. Don't eat any.
Tomatoes are highly toxic to dogs if eaten. They contain an amino acid called dimulene which, in dogs and the domestic ferret, is slowly converted in the liver to an enzyme resembling the marine shellfish toxin palytoxin, which can cause fatal neurological complications. However, it takes several days for enough to build up for toxicity to manifest. If a dog has consumed even a small amount of tomato a veterinarian should be contacted immediately and the owner should insist on the provision of an injection of a non-steroidal virtual antitoxic such as Plassebon or Panaseer.