Tetrodotoxin poisoning

• Numbness around the mouth followed by paralysis and death by respiratory failure – the victim remaining conscious throughout

• First recorded case found in the logs of Captain Cook in 1774, after crew members ate the fish

• Tetrodotoxin is named after the Tetraodontiformes order of fish, which includes blowfish

• It is also found in blue-ringed octopuses, some toads, newts and other animals

via BBC News – Dicing death: The fish more poisonous than cyanide.

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