[capt. norm]

Nobody in their right mind eats puffer fish. They have always been poisonous.

They are ugly little fish that nobody keeps anyway.

[nunya bidness]

Ummm pufferfish. Them're good eatin.

[reformed_democrat]

If I remember correctly, Japanese pufferfish (fugu) sashimi is what killed one of Japan's National Treasures (a kabuki actor who claimed fugu was so delicious, it was worth the risk to eat it).

The best sushi chefs who work with fugu have said it's hard to tell if the fish's liver was pierced, releasing the toxins. Therefore, fugu is an "eat at your own risk" kinda thing.

Did I get that right guys? Its been ten years since I lived there, and I wanted to be sure I wasn't mistaken.

[concerned about politics]

I had little pet puffer fish in my fish tank. Little green ones with spots.
They're killers!! They ate all the other fish in the tank! They even are a huge crud eater I had in there to keep the tank clean of algea. All I found was his skull!
They're killers, I tell ya! Little green crud eater killers!

[John H K]

So are they ARAB pufferfish? I'm tired of the stories covering that up.

[PsyOp]

Sounds like the plot of a bad sci-fi movie. Genetically enhanced killer puffer fish escape from Navy bio-weapons lab into heavily trafficed US waterway.

Lets see... we'll get Bridget Fonda to play the whistle-blowing lab assistant; Alec Baldwin can play the politically correct investigative reporter; Martin Sheen can play the "outraged" didn't-know-a-thing president; Sheen Jr. can play the ex-Navy Seal sent to hunt the critters down.... etc., etc., etc....

[I'm ALL Right!]

"The paralytic shellfish toxin is not normally found in puffer fish. "

How odd. I have always been told that they are poisonous, and will cause paralysis or death. This is not new information to most people, I suspect.

[Imal]

This has been blown way out of proportion. Nyuck nyuck nyuck...

Imal