[driftdiver]

Travel health insurance is a good thing

[Ditter]

I had Red Snapper for dinner 2 nights ago. What kind of snapper did these kids eat?

[yarddog]

I usually don’t eat red snapper because it is pretty expensive but I have never even heard of there being a problem with it being toxic.

[grimalkin]

Mutton snapper are edible, but these unlucky folks were poisoned by ciguatera which can happen with tropical fish. It’s caused by toxic plankton, I believe.

[yarddog]

When I was in college in the mid 60s there was a seafood restaurant right across the street from where I lived. This was in Pensacola.

About once a month I would treat myself to a mullet platter which was cheap and flat out delicious. I wish I could still get them.

[CynicalBear]

Ciquartera is not specific to the snapper “Snappers are a reef fish so the possibility of ciguatera poisoning exists. Ciguatera is an area specific toxin not species specific. It is caused by the reef fish eating the flesh of a toxic fish that inhabits tropical waters. The incidence of poisoning are low but care should be taken not to purchase fish landed in known hot spots.

[Clay Moore]

What? They don’t get unlimited free health care down there? How racist.

[doorgunner69]

Ah, so! We just had sushi last night, and so far, so good..........

[capt. norm]

If you catch an 800-pound snapper....he is likely to be old enough to have eaten some dinoflagellates at some point in his life.

I would NEVER eat an 800-pound snapper and fortunately, I have never caught one that big....but I keep trying.

[Jeff Gordon]

Darwin award candidate.