There are over 120 species of puffer fish, and 22 different kinds are approved by the Japanese government for use in restaurants. But one is more prized, and more poisonous, than the others ...

It's up to 1,200 times more poisonous than cyanide. So poisonous that one puffer fish can kill 30 adult humans. So poisonous that puffers are reportedly the second most poisonous vertebrate in the ...

To sum it up, you should stay away from puffer fish, even dead ones, because they can still contain the toxin. The bad ...

But what is the deadliest food that people eat routinely? The answer depends on how we define it. The deadliest food may be the one that kills the most people — in which case foods that trigger ...

Their potent poison has a fearsome reputation ... Tetraodon miurus, and the Indian pea puffer, Carinotetraodon travancoricus. Fish in this family are relatively slow moving, reliant on small fins to ...

Sabah has reported five suspected cases of puffer fish poisoning this month, with two victims still hospitalised and receiving treatment. State health director Dr Maria Suleiman said one case was ...

There are over 120 species of puffer fish, and 22 different kinds are approved by the Japanese government for use in restaurants. But one is more prized, and more poisonous, than the others ...

It is a powerful poison that is found in two almost totally unrelated kinds of animal: puffer fish and newts. It has been serving as a tool in nerve physiology and may provide a model for new ...

A deadly poison called tetrodotoxin is found in pufferfish organs and skin, which causes breathing difficulties and death. There is no known antidote. (Envato Elements pic) The Sabah government is ...

In the animal kingdom, the deadliest food is probably fugu, a puffer-fish-based sushi consumed primarily in Japan, where there is an established process for removing the toxin it contains.