Eat fish will die ah? Eat this one and you might

Blood still boiling from the discovery of yesterday’s Razor TV coverage of the same restaurant buying and serving giant grouper that CNA talked about last month, Naomi did a little research and found that not only is this big fish a vulnerable species, it is also likely to be poisonous as its flesh contains a neurotoxin that cannot be destroyed by heat of cooking.

The largest bony fish found in coral reefs (Ref. 9710). Common in shallow waters. Found in caves or wrecks; also in estuaries. Individuals more than a meter long have been caught from shore and in harbors. Juveniles secretive in reefs and rarely seen (Ref. 48635). Benthopelagic and benthic (Ref. 58302). Feed on spiny lobsters, fishes, including small sharks and batoids, and juvenile sea turtles and crustaceans. In South African estuaries, the main prey item is the mud crab, Scylla serrata. Unconfirmed reports of fatal attacks on humans. Nearly wiped out in heavily fished areas (Ref. 9710). In the Hong Kong live fish markets (Ref. 27253). Large individuals may be ciguatoxic (Ref. 37816).

Judging by how unintelligible this commenter on the greendrinks blog sounds, some people might have already been poisoned.

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2 responses to “Eat fish will die ah? Eat this one and you might”

  1. Han328 Avatar
    Han328

    a little bit of knowledge is dangerous, dear naomi

  2. Mr Miyagi Avatar

    Why leh, Han328? Not good to know you're poisoning yourself?

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