What’s Inside A Puffer Fish?

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Published 2019-12-06

Pufferfish are best known for their ability to inflate like a balloon. But if you peer inside, you typically won’t find air. You’ll find water, not to mention an accordion-like stomach, a unique set of muscles for pumping, and a poison that’s up to 1,200 times more toxic than cyanide.

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What’s Inside A Puffer Fish?

All Comments (21)

@shashlik7959 4 years ago

Elizabeth Brainerd is a perfect name for a scientist
@KitsuneEDM 4 years ago

Title: What’s inside a pufferfish? Me: a whole lot of carrots
@golddropper2747 4 years ago

50% The fact Japanese eat them 50% Pufferfish eating carrot meme
@astra8815 4 years ago

Pufferfishes can talk, but that's only when you feed them carrots.
@eypick6987 4 years ago

Where are the “eugh” organs?
@raz0229 4 years ago

Puffer fish: *inflates* Japanese Chefs: Dinner is served!
@toastie8173 4 years ago

"While they might look like balloons, whats actually inside them is water" You dont say
@JohnnyL69 4 years ago

When the pufferfish said "ÆÜGH" I felt that
@ghost2199 4 years ago

Title: What's Inside a Puffer Fish? Me, an intellectual: A carrot.
@shafinhabib9771 4 years ago

Me:-So they're basically poisonous water balloons Korean People:-Eughhh
@summy5139 4 years ago

"Eugh aughhh"- phish
@nieyana9442 4 years ago

It reminds me of a dead puffer fish words: "Æugh augh-gh" -Phish He is actually good man Miss him😔😔😔
@addictusbenidictus9376 4 years ago

Those edited little eyes always catch me off guard in every scene.
@KittySnicker 4 years ago

“Oh Spongebob...WHYYYYY.”
@anvakathazit1102 4 years ago

Chef: * gives carrot * Pufferfish: "augh-ahh" Chef: y o u h a v e f a i l e d y o u r v i b e c h e c k
@amadax780 4 years ago

Thats easy cmon. Puffer fish has a carrot inside
@rodios100 4 years ago

when i saw the organs i was like: AEUGH!!
@opalander 4 years ago

Pufferfish: Have evolved to be poisonous Humans: "It's free real estate."
@samuelanimates7334 4 years ago

1:31 oh snap he’s dummy thicc
@hobo4653 4 years ago

My teacher: "What's inside of a pufferfish?" Me: A carrot.