known as fugu, its pink lips drinking from a bottle balanced on one of its fins. It’s a typically cute Japanese advertising ploy, but one using a cartoon fish with a dark secret. The lure of the ...

This means that even holding live fugu can have a mildly toxic effect. Those who handle pufferfish with bare hands may feel their extremities go numb soon after that little fish inflates ...

Brazil is reportedly home to 20 species of pufferfish — also known as blowfish — a dozen of which ... the Brazilian and his buddy gutted the fish, removed its liver and then boiled and ate ...

The poisonous puffer fish, which inflates itself into a small balloon when caught, lives in most of the world’s oceans. But only in Japan, where it is called fugu, has it become a national ...

epitomizing its culture of rustic communal baths — a hot steaming pot of fugu chiri is the perfect conclusion to a drizzly day in the mountains. The fish is meaty and dense; the sashimi ...

The pufferfish, also known as the blowfish, is a remarkable fish recognized for its ability to inflate when threatened. This unique creature carries potent neurotoxins, specifically tetrodotoxin ...

Adnan also advised handlers of puffer fishes to be skillful in preparing the fish. In Japan, where the fish is known as “fugu”, puffer fish handlers must be trained and certified by the ...

Mr Yukihiro Furukawa, the president of fugu importer Fu, said that his company has been importing the fish into Singapore since January 2021. The puffer fish he supplies are both wild-caught and ...