I'm not buying into the puffer fish theory - my money's on giant limpets from space.

As someone who has been bitten by a greedy puffer fish, I probably would have spent a good minute laughing at it first before I felt bad and removed the hook anyway. These guys aren't so innocent and sweet.

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>> ^Payback:

SHARK BAIT! BROUHAHA!


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Now a puffer fish with a cigarette in his mouth...talk about being HOOKED!

>> ^Confucius:

"Considering how poisonous puffer fish are, this is a BRAVE guy."
Well he wasnt trying to eat the fish so I think he was safe.


Yeah, I guess the guy who was trying to catch it with his fishing hook was the bravest one.

Not all that brave -- puffer fish are not venomous, they're just toxic to eat.

"Considering how poisonous puffer fish are, this is a BRAVE guy."

Well he wasnt trying to eat the fish so I think he was safe.

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No, the chef triumphed over the puffer fish.

It's a puffer fish.

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Unbelievable... Fish on a whole don't seem to have the ability for this kind of bonding, but that said, growing up, my father had a salt-water fish tank and definitely had a few larger fish (a remora and a puffer fish) who certainly recognized my father (or his hand) as opposed to other members of the family and would allow him to handle them in the tank... it always amazed me.

Not quite as dramatic as this, but it was still amazing to see the puffer fish allow my father to pick him up out of the water and not blow up in to a ball. He would happily swim into my father's hand and wouldn't freak out when taken briefly out of the tank... almost like he was curious.

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As someone who has been bitten by a puffer fish, I can't help but experience a bit of pleasure from this. Tho I'd never do it or condone it. :-)

Still have the scar on my thumb, you little bastard!

I've seen seals in the Galapagos play with puffer fish like balls, and it was cute. However, when I see this douchenozzle, it makes me think he deserves a face full of Humboldt squid.

lmao, that was ridiculous but funny. Puffer fish is awesome. From her looks, she doesn't look Japanese. No Japanese accent either, good Mandarin though, so definitely Chinese.