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How to prepare fugu, a poisonous puffer fish
https://youtu.be/5cQ50i-o_GAIn this video we meet Yutaka Sasaki, a chef who prepares fugu, a fish that contains a lethal neurotoxin called tetrodotoxin.
Fugu contains lethal amounts of the poison tetrodotoxin in its organs, especially the liver, the ovaries, and the eyes, whereas skin is usually non-poisonous.[citation needed] The poison, a sodium channel blocker, paralyzes the muscles while the victim stays fully conscious (thus making the effects somewhat similar to those of the nerve agents Sarin and VX); the poisoning victim is unable to breathe, and eventually dies from asphyxiation. Fugu poison is 1200 times stronger than cyanide, and there is no known antidote.[citation needed] The standard treatment is to support the respiratory and circulatory systems until the poison is metabolized and excreted by the victim's body. (Wikipedia)
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