5 Amazing Facts About Pufferfish

[Music] at first glance pufferfish are slow-moving but there when threatened these fishes can transform themselves into weapons and turn into a dangerous creature in this video we count down five facts about the pufferfish pufferfish can be found in tropical waters all over the world in both saltwater habitats such as the Pacific Ocean and a red sea and freshwater habitats such as the Mekong River and the Amazon River offer Fisher cat rised by long tapered bodies rounded heads prominent nips and large stomachs they don't have scales but some of them have spines they're slow swimmers that can achieve a burst of speed when needed they can also easily change direction when swimming and even swim backwards [Music] the largest pufferfish is the styloid pufferfish which can grow to almost 4 feet long even longer than some sharks or baby crocodiles it can be found around Africa and Japan the first respond or round Australia is also large measuring up to 36 inches while the giant freshwater puffer from the Congo River can reach 26 inches long on the other hand the smallest pufferfish is less than an inch long this is the dwarf pufferfish from Southwest India the sodomist size dwarf pufferfish have a notable ability they can choose whether to become a male or female at least the oldest of the lot can once a juvenile dwarf pufferfish chooses to be a male the rest are forced to become female however in some cases to developed at the same time and choose to be male at the same time and so one of them ends up becoming the dominant male puffer fish may vary in size and appearance but there is one thing they all share the ability to puff arm because puffer fish are brightly colored and move slowly they are more likely to get eaten by larger fish to prevent this the puffer fish have come up with an amazing strategy when they're threatened they can taking so much air inside their stomachs that they bloat up and turn into large perfect balls this makes them the cauda to eat also some puffer fish have spines and when we puff up these spines stick out like needles what makes the puffer fish deadly though isn't their appearance most puffer fish when they inflate release a dangerous chemical on their skin which is known as TTX this is a neurotoxin which means it damages the nervous system particularly blocking the communication channels between the brain and the body without messages from the brain the skin grows numb process occurs on the lungs and heart fail and the animal or person can pass away within minutes puffer fish share two traits with chameleons they can change color turning lota or darker in response to their environment and they can move their eyes independently meaning they can move their right eye in one direction and their left eye in another it's allows them to look at two different things at the same time all pufferfish have 14-2 on the top and two at the bottom those fuse to look like one large tooth making pufferfish seem like they have beatings also like rats and mice pufferfish are teeth that keep on growing so to keep the teeth short they eat shellfish using their teeth to open the shells they also feed on coral algae that grows on rocks and bottom-dwelling worms and fish so that was five facts about the pufferfish thanks for watching and don't forget to subscribe for more countdown videos

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Length: 4min 15sec (255 seconds)

Published: Sun Jul 09 2017