>Do not be fooled by its sweet face. Buntal, also called blowfish, may not be blessed with speed or agility, but these low profile and rigid fish have the magical ability to increase its size several-fold to intimidate potential predators.
The fish has an elastic stomach, and "expands" by gulping water and air so it becomes bloated like a ball.
The puffer fish, though considered delicious in Japan (fugu), is also very poisonous. Fish contains toxic tetrodotoxin, a poison that is up to 1,200 times more efficacious than cyanide and is always fatal to humans. In fact, a pufferfish is equipped with enough poison to kill 30 adult humans !!
