Japanese pufferfish
Giftig om te eetGiftig om aan te raak of te eet, nie deur 'n byt of steek nieThe Japanese pufferfish, also called the tiger puffer or torafugu, is a fish that lives in cold, shallow seas off East Asia. It is famous as a food in Japan, but its liver and ovaries contain a strong toxin, so it must be prepared with great care. It is also a key animal in genetics research.1

Gifkrag
Dit is net skadelik as iets dit eet.
Wat doen sy gif as jy daaraan raak of dit eet?
This pufferfish is poisonous rather than venomous. Some of its organs contain tetrodotoxin, a highly toxic substance, which is concentrated in the liver and ovaries, slightly present in the intestines and flesh, and absent from the skin and testes.1
Hoe gevaarlik is dit vir mense?
Gevaar vir mense: DodelikEen van die gevaarlikste diere in die wêreld.Its organs are highly toxic, so the liver and ovaries are the dangerous parts to eat. Only the flesh and skin are the parts that are safe to eat in regulated preparation.1
As iemand daaraan geraak of dit geëet het
- As iemand dit geëet het of simptome kry nadat hy dit geëet het: bel dadelik jou noodnommer of 'n gifsentrum.
Bel altyd eers jou noodnommer (112, 000, 911). Dit is algemene noodhulpraad, nie mediese advies nie. Noodhulp-basiese beginsels
Bly veilig
- Moet nooit aan 'n wilde dier raak, dit vang of terg nie, selfs nie 'n kleintjie nie, en selfs nie as dit lyk of dit slaap of dood is nie.
- Gee dit spasie. As jy een raakloop, bly kalm, stap stadig terug en laat dit sy eie pad gaan.
- As jy daaraan geraak of dit geëet het: moenie jou oë of mond vryf nie, was jou hande en kry mediese hulp.
Dit is nie uit om jou te kry nie. Sy gif is net daar sodat niks dit eet nie. Meer oor veilig bly
Waar in die wêreld?
Hoe groot is dit?
Hoe lank is dit?
so lank soos 2 piesangs punt aan punt
so lank soos 12 speelgoed-boublokke in 'n ry
kan die lengte van 'n groot swembad (50 m) in 45 sekondes swemHoe groot is Japanese pufferfish in vergelyking met JOU?
Net wiskunde in jou blaaier. Niks word gestoor of enige plek heen gestuur nie.
Hoe vinnig is dit?
Feite
A genetically modified type called 22-seiki fugu, meaning 22nd-century fugu, has had four leptin receptor genes removed, which increases appetite. It grows on average 1.9 times faster than normal torafugu and is sold as food.1
Its genome is one of the smallest known among vertebrates, and it was the first vertebrate genome after the human genome to be made publicly available.1
Its genome has about 6% of the base pairs of the human genome, yet it has 22 chromosomes, close to the 23 in humans.1
It is one of the most valuable commercial fishes in Japan.1
It is used as a reference genome to help identify genes in human and other vertebrate genomes.1
Vir gifkenners
- Wetenskaplike naam
- Takifugu rubripes
- Groep
- Ander diere wat giftig is om aan te raak of te eet
- Familie
- Tetraodontidae2
- Orde
- Tetraodontiformes
- Kontinente
- Stille Oseaan, Die oseane
- Babas
- Spawning takes place in estuaries. Young fish stay in river mouths and lagoons for about one year before migrating permanently to the open ocean.1
- Hoe dit in die natuur gaan
- Near Threatened1
- Gevaar vir mense
- 5 / 5: Dodelik3
Waar die feite vandaan kom
- Takifugu rubripes (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Takifugu rubripes (iNaturalist): name en klassifikasie.
- Venom Wiki: die gevaarvlak, die tipiese grootte en die spoedskatting is ons eie. Kyk hoe ons dit uitwerk: Hoe ons gevaar gradeer.
Elke feit op hierdie bladsy het 'n nommer wat na sy bron wys. As ons iets verkeerd het, jammer, ons is dierfanatici, nie 'n wetenskaplike joernaal nie. Laat weet ons by [email protected] en ons maak dit reg.