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# Pufferfish - Is It Dangerous? | Mind of Animals

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# Pufferfish

Family Tetraodontidae

PoisonousFound in Floridasea

5 Deadly danger 5 out of 5

Pufferfish

Photo by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Public domain) via [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tetraodon-hispidus.jpg)

## What you should know

Poisonous, not venomous. It puffs up so nothing can swallow it, and its body holds a toxin with no antidote.

## Whoa

It puffs up by gulping water until it is a spiky ball several times its normal size.

## Staying safe around it

This one is poisonous. Look, do not touch. Ask a grown-up and call a vet.

**Always ask a grown-up before you touch any animal or plant.** If something bites or stings you, tell an adult right away.

Source: [our source list](/mind-of-animals/#sources)

Read more about the pufferfish at [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetraodontidae).

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