Don't Mess With Me: The Strange Lives of Venomous Sea Creatures

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IS THAT THING They’re Not the Same POISONOUS OR VENOMOUS Most of the 120 species of pufferfish including this star pufferfish contain the deadly nerve poison tetrodotoxin Lots of animals depend more on chemical weapons than on teeth claws speed or strength for survival but not all of them are venomous The Japanese Japanese pufferfish for example carries a powerful toxin in its liver and other organs This animal chemist is extremely poisonous and would-be predators avoid it for that reason but it is not venomous To be venomous an animal must be able to inject its toxins into other living things using spines stingers teeth or fangs Ouch 6