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Takifugu, also known by the Japanese name fugu (河豚, lit. "river pig"), is a genus of pufferfish with 25 species, most of which are native to salt and brackish waters of the northwest Pacific, but a few species are found in freshwater in Asia or more widely in the Indo-Pacific region.
Fugu contains lethal amounts of the poison tetrodotoxin in its organs, especially the liver, ovaries, eyes, and skin. [4] The poison, a sodium channel blocker, [5] paralyzes the muscles while the victim stays fully conscious; [6] the poisoned victim is unable to breathe and eventually dies from asphyxiation. [7]
One type of torafugu, 22-seiki fugu (meaning "22nd-century fugu"), has been genetically modified by removing four leptin receptor genes that control appetite. The result has increased appetite and weight gain, growing on average 1.9 times faster than normal torafugu. It is sold commercially as food. [8] [9]
Oriental persimmon fruit, whole and halved, of the firm cultivar 'fuyu'. Persimmon fruit seed Persimmons on a tree at Bilpin, New South Wales.. The persimmon (/ p ər ˈ s ɪ m ə n /) is the edible fruit of a number of species of trees in the genus Diospyros.
Fugu still remains a prized delicacy in Japan, despite its dangerous nature Image credits: yab While Japanese blowfish may be a delicious dish, every organ of it is poisonous — including its skin.
Deflated Valentinni's sharpnose puffer. Tetraodontidae is a family of primarily marine and estuarine fish of the order Tetraodontiformes.The family includes many familiar species variously called pufferfish, puffers, balloonfish, blowfish, blowers, blowies, bubblefish, globefish, swellfish, toadfish, toadies, toadle, honey toads, sugar toads, and sea squab. [1]
The infection process mimics a pollen grain growing into an ovary during fertilization. Infection requires that the fungal spore have access to the stigma ; consequently, plants infected by Claviceps are mainly outcrossing species with open flowers , such as rye ( Secale cereale ) and ryegrasses (genus Lolium ).
Fugu flavidus Takifugu flavidus , [ 1 ] commonly known as the yellowbelly pufferfish , is a species of pufferfish in the family Tetraodontidae . It is native to the Yellow Sea , the East China Sea , and the Bohai Sea , where it is found near shore.