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Tetrodotoxin is a powerful neurotoxin found in the skin, liver, ovary, intestine and muscle of the pufferfish species (globefish, blowfish, balloon fish, toadfish).
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Tetrodotoxin is approximately 1,200 times deadlier than cyanide andit is estimated that a single puffer has enough poison to kill 30 adult humans.
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The Fugu fish contains a poison called Tetrodotoxin which if consumed paralyses ones body while the victim is fully conscious. 50\% - 80\% then die within 24 hours.
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The skin and certain internal organs of many Tetraodontidae contain a neurotoxin known as Tetrodotoxin which is highly toxic to humans.
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Tetrodotoxin is a powerful nerve toxin 100 times more poisonous than cyanide.
World's Most Deadly Delicacies Adam Bulger 2010
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The newly safe but still legally suspect puffer fish liver, where Tetrodotoxin is most concentrated, has reportedly become a sought-after underground delicacy in parts of Japan.
World's Most Deadly Delicacies Adam Bulger 2010
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Tetrodotoxin (a toxin in frogs, puffer fish and other invertebrates) and saxitoxin (a cause of shellfish poisoning) blocks sodium channels.
Neurotoxicity 2008
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Tetrodotoxin, the poison in fugu, can also produce a sense of euphoria when ingested in less than lethal amounts.
If You Knew Sushi Tosches, Nick 2007
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Tetrodotoxin, the poison in fugu, can also produce a sense of euphoria when ingested in less than lethal amounts.
If You Knew Sushi Tosches, Nick 2007
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Tetrodotoxin induces a state of profound paralysis, marked by complete immobility during which time the border between life and death is not at all certain, even to trained physicians.
The Serpent and the Rainbow Wade Davis 1985
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