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Did you Know? List of Facts about Puffer Fish
Facts are statements which are held to be true and often contrasted with opinions and beliefs. Our unusual and interesting facts about Puffer Fish, trivia and information, including some useful statistics about animals will fascinate everyone from kids and children to adults.

Interesting Facts about Puffer Fish are as follows:

Fact 1: When threatened, the puffer fish can inflate itself up to three times its normal size!
Fact 2: Puffer fish are called 'fugu' in Japan where they are a very expensive delicacy despite being extremely poisonous. Chefs have to be trained and restaurants serving puffer fish have a doctor present in case of poisoning

Fact 3: Puffer fish only have four teeth! They are fused together and resemble a beak
Fact 4: They are a scale less fish and have spiky rough skin
Fact 5: Puffer fish usually rely on a diet of algae but they can crack open mussel and clam shells with their strong ‘beak-like’ teeth
Fact 6: There are over 120 different species of puffer fish
Fact 7: Puffer fish can be up to 1 metre in length
Fact 8: The Puffer fish is also known as the Blow fish or the Toad fish
Fact 9: The second most poisonous vertebrate on the earth is the Puffer Fish!
Fact 10: The Dwarf Puffer fish is the smallest puffer fish species and grows to a maximum of 22mm. It is only found in the River Pamba in Kerala, India
Fact 11: The Puffer fish will extend its razor sharp poisonous spikes when threatened; these are highly toxic to humans and other animals
Fact 12: Puffer Fish contain a poison called Tetrodotoxin. It is up to 1200 times more lethal than cyanide
Fact 13: The Species of Puffer Fish called Arothron better known as Fat puffers can blink and close their eyes
Fact 14: The puffer fish contains enough poison to kill 30 humans!
Fact 15: Sharks eat puffer fish; they are not affected by its poison

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