Monday Nov 30, 2009

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Typically contains lethal amounts of the poison tetrodotoxin in the organs, especially her liver and ovaries, and also her skin. The poison, a sodium channel blocker, paralyzes the muscles while the victim stays fully conscious, and eventually dies from asphyxiation. Currently, there is no known antidote, and the standard medical approach is to try to support the respiratory and circulatory system until the poison wears off.
endquire:
I understand that fugu doesn't actually taste like anything special. It is just the risk of dying and the tingle one can get from eating it. What a shameful and humiliating death. Then again, most people do not deserve a beautiful death. They get what they deserve.
rickroyal:
An origin for the traditional voodoo zombie, if I recall correctly. But then I so rarely do these days.

Lovely photos. I wonder if I'd jump. Perhaps.

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