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Puffer Fish Skeleton Posted by david dagoli on May 15, 2023, 9:15 am Those little spiny things that poke into our feet on the beach are actually the skeleton of Puffer Fish. "Pufferfish are some of the strangest fish in the ocean" https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/07/190725150956.htm

Re: Puffer Fish Skeleton Posted by Dennis F on May 15, 2023, 6:10 pm, in reply to "Puffer Fish Skeleton" Wow!!! What a find. Such immense eye sockets.

Re: Puffer Fish Skeleton Posted by Mary Burns on May 16, 2023, 7:10 am, in reply to "Re: Puffer Fish Skeleton" Agreed. Wow. Gorgeous image.

Re: Puffer Fish Skeleton Posted by Jenny on May 16, 2023, 7:39 am, in reply to "Puffer Fish Skeleton" Wow, that is so beautiful!

Re: Puffer Fish Skeleton Posted by davidstrand on May 16, 2023, 10:32 am, in reply to "Puffer Fish Skeleton" NATURE ROCKS‼️

Re: Puffer Fish Skeleton Posted by Martha Meredith on May 16, 2023, 7:50 pm, in reply to "Re: Puffer Fish Skeleton" I agree…this is so beautiful. Thanks for posting David

Re: Puffer Fish Skeleton Posted by Dhyana on May 17, 2023, 9:48 am, in reply to "Re: Puffer Fish Skeleton" It's amazing to see this beautiful structure of small pieces so intricately connected. Unfortunately it was not so pretty when I stepped on a single boney segment in the sand (while exploring the dilapidated hotel down the beach) and was deeply punctured through my shoe!

Re: Puffer Fish Skeleton Posted by Robbie Boyes. on May 17, 2023, 8:49 pm, in reply to "Puffer Fish Skeleton" I have found several of the singular bones on the beach and sobered what they were. imageupload

Re: Puffer Fish Skeleton Posted by Robbie Boyes on May 17, 2023, 8:51 pm, in reply to "Re: Puffer Fish Skeleton" That was supposed to read "wondered" what they were.

Re: Puffer Fish Skeleton Posted by Dennis F on May 18, 2023, 4:20 pm, in reply to "Re: Puffer Fish Skeleton" Hey Robbie, I too have found them on the beach and could not figure out what they were...and sometimes I was sober too!

Re: Puffer Fish Skeleton Posted by sue oriley on May 19, 2023, 5:52 pm, in reply to "Re: Puffer Fish Skeleton" Thanks for enlightening us, I've been collecting these for years and have these scattered all around my gardens here in Massachusetts.

Re: Puffer Fish Skeleton Posted by Morning star on May 20, 2023, 5:39 pm, in reply to "Re: Puffer Fish Skeleton" After many years of beach walking lhave never found a whole skeleton intact many many pieces congrats on your beautiful find thanks for sharing

Re: Puffer Fish Skeleton Posted by Daniel H on May 20, 2023, 6:19 pm, in reply to "Puffer Fish Skeleton" Edited by board administrator May 20, 2023, 6:49 pm Fascinating, thank you I didn't see that photo in your link, what was your source? I did a reverse image search, lots of reddit hits and some Twitter etc.. https://tineye.com/search/104a8696ad9e2a9ddbcadc5294e2fdf545757929?sort=score&order=desc&page=2 This reddit thread https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/llal0v/skeleton_of_a_puffer_fish/ https://www.deepseanews.com/2018/12/you-should-definitely-know-about-pufferfish-skeletons/ has a post which mentions the photographer "Credit to the photographer, duy.ng_skeleton on Instagram". https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/llal0v/comment/gnorhdj/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button I see lots of skeletons on his account but not this particular photo. https://www.instagram.com/duyngskeleton/ Too lazy to do more.

Re: Puffer Fish Skeleton Posted by Daniel H on May 20, 2023, 8:16 pm, in reply to "Re: Puffer Fish Skeleton" Edited by board administrator May 21, 2023, 2:38 am Responding to my own post here. Found this "The spines are actually scales, so I imagine that this had to be reconstructed. " https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/llal0v/comment/gnowd49/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button Using this photo and many others I seriously doubt they are re constructed. This is how it was found. But the bones are also bound together enough to be picked up! As shown in David's photo. Edit: But David's photo looks much different than the other photos of Puffer fish, more organized or simple or .... and its a photo taken over glass, so not in its natural environment. Perhaps that one is reconstructed? Edit 2: I am saying that David's photo is Puffer Fish skeleton art, it does not represent what the skeleton of a puffer fish looks like when it is full of air (similar to this Porcupine Fish) https://www.pinterest.ph/pin/709035535101404246/ So, where did the rest of the fish go? Obviously birds did not eat it, the bones would be all over the place. Could be ants but when is the last time you saw ants all over a decaying fish?

Re: Puffer Fish Skeleton Posted by Robbie Boyes on May 20, 2023, 9:07 pm, in reply to "Re: Puffer Fish Skeleton" Just guessing.. it could be tiny crabs and sea lice that chewed up the decaying meat and tissue. ?

Re: Puffer Fish Skeleton Posted by m morgan on May 20, 2023, 9:19 pm, in reply to "Re: Puffer Fish Skeleton" There are 198 species of puffer fish, and not all of them have spines. The spiny ones are called SAPO (toad), by the local fishermen. The dried spiny puffers can often be seen if seafood restaurants posing as hanging light fixtures. There is quite a bit of info on youtube about making lamps from sapos. The smooth-skinned spineless puffers in Japanese restaurants are called FUGU. They make extremely tasty boneless fillets that resemble chicken breast, or in the Orient more popularly used in sashimi. Yet, they can be deadly poisonous if not cleaned and prepared properly. The poison in the bile is about 100 times more potent than the equivalent dosage of cyanide.

Re: Puffer Fish Skeleton Posted by carole on May 20, 2023, 9:41 pm, in reply to "Re: Puffer Fish Skeleton" Way to go Monte...You da man?

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