People who eat puffer fish—also known as fugu—take their lives in their own hands. These fish contain tetrodotoxin, a powerful neurotoxin that can spoil a good meal and even kill the diner. The edible ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pufferfish can inflate up to three times their normal size by rapidly swallowing water to appear larger and deter predators.

Pufferfish have an iconic defence mechanism, but there’s more to these famous inflatables than meets the eye. Their potent poison has a fearsome reputation, linking daredevil diners, drug-user ...