of the toxins used in zombification If so I think it ought to be mentioned along with an explanation of why the toxin is useful for this purpose Are there any other uses of the toxin Medical maybe I expanded the section with info from Zombie It is reported that pufferfish are used to make zombies but the info is not verified I did not find a medical use except for one claim that stuff in a noni fruit is similar to the fugu poison but not poisonous And supposedly eating the poison and the noni stuff together improves health But I wo nt start eating fugu liver anytime soon mass garbage burial site Revth What s a mass garbage burial site Do you mean a mass burial site of human remains or sort of an antique garbage dump Hmm maybe garbage dump is better The mass garbage burial site is called Kaizuka lit shell stacks in Japanese and referes to those that dates back over 2000 years ago It was first discovered in the Yayoi area of Tokyo and was found to be almost exclusively made up of shells from shellfish and thus the name kaizuka Many more had been found and those in western regions of Japan was found to contain bones of fugu No human bones had been found in these places As a side note bones of fugu are large and unedible aquarium When someone comes along who knows about this info about keeping these fish in aquariums would also be interesting Toxin I understand the toxin causes paralysis which leads to asphyxiation no movements of the lungs However does it also stop the heart What is the treatment I suspect that it s possible to prevent asphyxiation using a iron lung but it s probably trickier to deal with a paralyzed heart From Blue ringed octopus Its saliva which can be instilled through a painless bite or can be spit contains the bacterial poison tetrodotoxin to which there is no known antidote Tetrodotoxin the same poison found in Pufferfish and Cone Snails can cause paralysis leading to respiratory arrest which can then lead on to cardiac arrest because of lack of oxygen First aid treatment is pressure on the wound and CPR and hospital treatment involves respiratory assistance until the toxin is washed out of the body The symptoms can vary in severity with children being the most at risk because of their small body size If the victims live through the first 24 hours after the bite they generally go on to make a complete recovery ODP I think this featured article would be a good addition to the following ODP cats perhaps described as Wikipedia Pufferfish Also known as blowfish or fugu Provides consumption history poisoning social aspects availability and species table Comments on category and description appreciated Sounds good Can you add it to the list Yes to the first cat Can forward for review for the second cat Image removal and other issues I ve removed the following images because they are actually both long spine porcupinefish a species from a distinctly different family Diodontidae Image DiodonHolocanthusNOAA jpg caption A night dive occasionally reveals a diodon holocanthus family tetraodontidae peeking out from a reef Image Pufferfish jpg caption Ocean faring pufferfish come in a variety of colors but none swim particularly well Perhaps one could be re added as an example of a fish easily confused with a puffer but as the tetraodontid and diodontid morphologies are so ostensibly similar I m not sure it d be worth it I ll try to look for more PD photographs later though I know of at least one other painting if paintings are admissable at this point that d work Anyway the taxobox was a bit messed up th