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Elderly Woman in Johor Dies After Eating Puffer Fish, Husband in ICU
Channel New Asia ^ | 29 Mar 2023

Posted on 03/29/2023 12:06:53 PM PDT by nickcarraway

An 83-year-old woman in Kluang, Johor has died after eating puffer fish while her husband is still being treated in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

According to state news agency Bernama, Johor Health and Unity Committee chairman Ling Tian Soon in a statement on Tuesday (Mar 28) said that the couple had bought the fish from an online seller on Facebook.

He said that it was the couple’s first time consuming puffer fish.

(Excerpt) Read more at channelnewsasia.com ...


TOPICS: Food; Health/Medicine; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: dontpetthebison; fugu; malaysia; pufferfish
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This is in Malaysia. In Japan
1 posted on 03/29/2023 12:06:53 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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gotta be careful eating puffer fish- the spines get caught in the throat


2 posted on 03/29/2023 12:08:43 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: nickcarraway

It’s my understanding that unless a puffer fish is cleaned and cooked by an expert it is very poison.


3 posted on 03/29/2023 12:10:04 PM PDT by circlecity
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>He said that it was the couple’s first time consuming puffer fish.

And the last.


4 posted on 03/29/2023 12:10:19 PM PDT by fretzer
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To: Bob434

Online puffer fish? What could possibly go wrong.


5 posted on 03/29/2023 12:10:21 PM PDT by Captain Compassion (I'm just sayin')
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To: circlecity

That’s my understanding as well.


6 posted on 03/29/2023 12:11:35 PM PDT by fretzer
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To: Bob434

I don’t understand..

Was this some sort of puffer fish sushi door dash?

Or, was it a fish market, whole fish. And the people that died did their own sushi?

Kind of an important distinction here.


7 posted on 03/29/2023 12:11:51 PM PDT by uranium penguin
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8 posted on 03/29/2023 12:12:28 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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I always get the puffer fish at the 2AM bargain bin sushi shelf at 7-11


9 posted on 03/29/2023 12:12:50 PM PDT by dsrtsage ( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
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To: nickcarraway

I think half the “fun” of eating puffer fish is the “I might die” aspect. It’s adventure sport as cuisine.


10 posted on 03/29/2023 12:13:33 PM PDT by discostu (like a dog being shown a card trick)
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We had a family here get sick from eating puffer fish. If not properly cleaned their innards are poisonous..............


11 posted on 03/29/2023 12:13:47 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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I can’t imagine buying prepared puffer fish from someone on the Internet.

It is extremely poisonous and only skilled people can properly clean them.

I would like to try it, but I’d only do it with a Japanese preparer with lots of experience.


12 posted on 03/29/2023 12:14:35 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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The puffer fish liver contains Tetrodotoxin, a very potent poison. You have to be very careful removing the liver then cleaning the flesh very well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugu


13 posted on 03/29/2023 12:15:22 PM PDT by BBQToadRibs2
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetraodontidae#Poisoning


14 posted on 03/29/2023 12:15:38 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: BBQToadRibs2

FUGU JOE BIDEN!....................


15 posted on 03/29/2023 12:16:13 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: nickcarraway
Should've used a manual


16 posted on 03/29/2023 12:16:16 PM PDT by stevio (Fight until you die.)
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To: Red Badger; dfwgator; fretzer; circlecity; Captain Compassion; uranium penguin

Wasn’t there a Columbo episode where Louis Jordan killed someone with peufferfish?


17 posted on 03/29/2023 12:16:40 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Never watched the show....................


18 posted on 03/29/2023 12:17:09 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: nickcarraway

Fugu is very light and very delicious. If you eat several pieces you might feel a slight tingling on your lips and tongue due to the very small amount of residual tetrodotoxin in the flesh. Horse and whale sashimi are also very tasty. Fortunately, 7-11 sushi is totally acceptable here.


19 posted on 03/29/2023 12:17:42 PM PDT by lefty-lie-spy (Stay Metal)
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I’ll take your word on it.


20 posted on 03/29/2023 12:20:23 PM PDT by stevio (Fight until you die.)
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