| Could you ever imagine that the most lethal food | | | | no known antidote that can suppress the action |
| could be a delicacy? No bluffing, its true. The | | | | of this potent killer. The only option is to empty |
| Japanese are the pioneers in making Fugu, a dish | | | | the stomach and feed the victim with charcoal |
| prepared from Puffer fish that contains lethal | | | | along with taking other life-support measures so |
| amounts of a poison known teradoxin. Speaking | | | | that the victim remains alive. What happens is |
| of a delicacy, the dish is way too expensive and | | | | charcoal binds effectively to any poison that |
| can get lethal if not cooked properly. If you are | | | | remains in the colon. But all thanks to the |
| out in the restaurant to order this dish, make | | | | Japanese, none of this is necessary. As now |
| sure you have sufficient cash. You can also get | | | | eating of Puffer fish became an art form. |
| lucky to catch Puffer fish from the river if you | | | | This Asian cuisine needs to be prepared under |
| possess kayak anchors or kayak leashes but | | | | strict standards only by a licensed chef. The chef |
| without the art of cooking, it is no use. So do not | | | | has to undergo several tests to be certified. In |
| even attempt to cook it on your own. | | | | the preparation of Fugu, he employs a special |
| Throughout history, there are instances when | | | | knife called Fugu Hiki. With this knife, he can |
| people from the East Asian region attempted to | | | | extract a greater part of meat while eliminating |
| consume this fish with disastrous consequences. | | | | the poison from it. You may be wondering why |
| The poison is capable of paralyzing the human | | | | the poison cannot be eliminated by heat from |
| body such that victim cannot move an inch but is | | | | cooking. This is because teradoxin is stubbornly |
| forced to bear all the pain silently until he/she dies. | | | | stable against heat so heat of cooking potentially |
| Other symptoms include dizziness, exhaustion, | | | | causes no harm to the poison. |
| headache, nausea and severe difficulty in | | | | Moreover, in the professional art of cooking this |
| breathing. | | | | dish, the chef has to leave some amount of |
| The person who dares to eat the fish without | | | | poison intentionally. This makes it rather tasty and |
| professional cooking will end up dying the most | | | | one of its kind. The moment you eat expertly |
| painful death. The victim remains unconscious | | | | cooked fish, your lips will tingle and go numb. It is |
| throughout the ordeal due to paralysis of muscles | | | | just a small amount of poison that causes this |
| which lead to asphyxiation and subsequently to | | | | sensation. |
| death. The most dangerous part is that there is | | | | |