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06/05/2005: "FATHOM magazine"
A cover which will not make it into print.
Fish torture methods could be real and will make it into film scripts when Tarantino reads about it. The late Dr Robert Endean once suggested to tabloid journalists that the possible cause of the celebrated Bogle-Chandler mystery may lay in the venom of a tropical cone shell! Why? Because the venom evaporates and cause of departure may appear heart-attack related.
Other semi-poisonous fish are the Norfolk Island version of a silver drummer (called dream fish on the island due to the weird and possibly wonderful dreams the eaten fish flesh can produce). It has to be a poison, nothing that unusual cannot be harmful.
The sting of a lionfish/butterfly cod would be the torture method employed by heavies. These fish are popular large aquarium exhibits. A huge one occupied the giant fish tank at the old Bondi Lifesaver music venue and was nightly blasted until 3AM by the beat of rock groups like the Little River Band who made their start here. The lion fish seemed to survive OK - or maybe it was regularly replaced?
These painful stings can be semi-neutralised with very hot water (not too hot, but as hot as possible) which cooks the venom thus reducing the potency. Same applies to crown-of-thorns starfish stings which are in a 'pain league' all of their own.
