Poisonous animals
• Pufferfish
• The poison found in pufferfish is a tetrodotoxin that is one
of the most toxic poisons found in nature.
• Pufferfish served in some types of sushi and sashimi.
• Pufferfish Poisoning Symptoms: generally occur 10-45
minutes after eating the pufferfish poison and begin with
numbness and tingling around the mouth, salivation,
nausea, and vomiting.
• Symptoms may progress to paralysis, loss of
consciousness, and respiratory failure, and can lead to
death.