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The Poisonous Puffer Fish

Introduction

Puffer fish is a deadly poisonous fish that comes in multiple varieties. The fish is a common diet in Japan. Components of puffer fish poison include Tetrodotoxin and Saxitoxin (Brown, p. 112). The tetrodotoxin is a neurotoxin that stops powerful electrical signals from nerves binding to the pores of the sodium channel proteins of the membranes of nerve cells. (Brown, p.156).

The puffer fish is fatally poisonous. This is unusual because humans actually eat puffer fish. In Japan they are considered a delicacy Even though the poison is removed, some people still die after eating ...