Puffer Fish Avoids Becoming Otter’s Lunch

Posted on Friday 2 May 2008

This puffer fish in a river delta in Tanzania, Africa manages to avoid being made into a snack by a river otter. The puffer fish inflates itself into a beach ball sized version of itself. The otter eventually gives up and swims off - a good thing for the otter because the puffer fish has a poisonous gall bladder.





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