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26/07/2007: "POISONOUS TOAD FISH"

Years ago it seemed a regular occurance ....... unsuspecting holiday fishermen would die or become very sick following naive consumption of poisonous toads.

Toads seemed more common then. We'd spot schools of a dozen or more of these tiny fish in shallow warm harbor water.

I wonder what happened to their numbers. Are these the same puffer fish known as fugu when they become adults? If so then the poisoning would be from inexperienced and improper removal of gut.

Best to leave that to licensed experts overseas.