Blackspotted puffer
The blackspotted puffer is a small tropical sea fish that lives on coral reefs and in lagoons across the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is poisonous rather than venomous, so it is dangerous to eat but does not bite or sting.1

怎麼認出牠
- Small, oval, rounded body with no scales; the skin is smooth.1
- Short snout with two pairs of nostrils and four strong teeth.1
- Background colour varies: grey, light brown, bluish, bright yellow or orangey yellow, and sometimes two colours such as blue and yellow.1
- Skin covered in dark blotches of varying size and shape.1
- Dark colouring around the eyes and mouth.1
常被誤認為: The yellow colour forms are very similar to those of Arothron meleagris, but they can be told apart. The fully yellow form is much rarer in this species (about 1% of individuals, compared with 10% in A. meleagris). It usually keeps dark markings around the mouth, eyes and base of the dorsal fin, while A. meleagris is uniformly yellow with black spots.1
毒素力量
只有被吃下去時才有害。
牠的毒素有什麼作用?
It is not venomous. It holds tetrodotoxin, a deadly poison that protects it from predators.1
牠對人有多危險?
對人的危險: 非常危險如果沒有治療,牠可能會害死一個人。Its tetrodotoxin is deadly. The risk comes from eating or handling the fish.1
牠害怕時會做什麼?
When threatened, it inflates its body by swallowing air or water.1
注意安全
- 絕對不要碰、抓或捉弄野生動物,就算是很小的動物,就算牠看起來在睡覺或已經死了也一樣。
- 給牠空間。如果遇到了,保持冷靜,慢慢往後退,讓牠自己離開。
- 如果你碰了或吃了牠:不要揉眼睛或摸嘴巴,把手洗乾淨,並且就醫。
牠不是想來抓你。牠的毒只是為了不讓別的動物吃掉牠。 更多安全知識
牠有多大?
牠有多長?
跟 10 塊玩具積木排成一排一樣長
可以在 45 秒內游完一座大游泳池(50 公尺)Blackspotted puffer 跟「你」比起來有多大?
只是在你的瀏覽器裡做算術。什麼都不會儲存,也不會傳送到任何地方。
牠有多快?
小知識
Its tetrodotoxin poison is strong enough to protect it from predators.1
It has no scales, and its skin is covered with dark blotches.1
It has no pelvic fins and no lateral line.1
It is active during the day and lives alone, defending its own territory.1
It has four strong teeth set in a terminal mouth.1
知識的出處
- Blackspotted puffer (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Arothron nigropunctatus (iNaturalist): 名稱和分類。
- Venom Wiki: 危險等級、一般大小和速度估計都是我們自己定的。看看我們是怎麼算出來的: 我們怎麼評估危險.
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如果有人碰了或吃了牠