{"id":1125,"date":"2022-10-24T17:10:59","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T00:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/?p=1125"},"modified":"2022-10-24T17:10:59","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T00:10:59","slug":"learning-about-poisons-and-venoms-the-famous-fugu-fish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/learning-about-poisons-and-venoms-the-famous-fugu-fish\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning about Poisons and Venoms: the Famous Fugu Fish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.meer.com\/attachments\/66daa0267672042e3468f8f6208625a05513f030\/store\/fill\/860\/645\/e6101c269024548aa40ddcac9b3fa54eee13cb721e7c8f8bcdf890436959\/A-puffer-fish.jpg\" alt=\"The challenge of eating puffer fish | Meer\" width=\"414\" height=\"311\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Image description: a pufferfish inflated and staring at the camera.<\/p>\n<p>The image of the fish above might look frightening, but this &#8216;puffed up&#8217; defense mechanism is only one way that pufferfish (or fugu) try to keep animals\/people from eating it. Many species of fugu are considered to be extremely poisonous, which means if you eat them you might face an early grave.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.timeout.com\/images\/101818057\/image.jpg\" alt=\"The dish: Fugu fish\" width=\"385\" height=\"216\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Image description: a plate of prepared fugu sashimi with garnishes. This meal might cost upwards of $200!<\/p>\n<p>Over 20 people each year die from consuming improperly prepared pufferfish. Most of the fish&#8217;s organs (including the liver, heart, etc.) are poisonous and contain a clear toxin that is most dangerous than cyanide. So why do people still pay upwards of $200 a plate to try this potentially deadly dish?<\/p>\n<p>Some reasons fans of fugu list are: The taste is indescribable and delicious. The people preparing fugu have to train for 10+ years before serving the fish to anyone. Many more people each year die from eating raw oysters than from fugu.<\/p>\n<p>So would you ever dare to try puffer fish? Check out the video below to follow the daily routine of a 45+ year master of fugu preparation (TW: the video includes footage of fish filets being cut and prepared).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Taste the Poison Puffer Fish\" width=\"863\" height=\"485\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5cQ50i-o_GA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image description: a pufferfish inflated and staring at the camera. The image of the fish above might look frightening, but this &#8216;puffed up&#8217; defense mechanism is only one way that pufferfish (or fugu) try to keep animals\/people from eating it. Many species of fugu are considered to be extremely poisonous, which means if you eat &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/learning-about-poisons-and-venoms-the-famous-fugu-fish\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Learning about Poisons and Venoms: the Famous Fugu Fish<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8574,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1125"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8574"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1125"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1126,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1125\/revisions\/1126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}