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A giant reproduction of a puffer-fish (fugu in Japanese) hangs over a street in Kinshicho, Tokyo, to advertise a fugu restaurant. One of the world's most expensive foods, the flesh of the fugu is a national delicacy, and meals in a speciality restaurant can cost a few hundred dollars. Fugu eating also carries a risk of poisoning, as the liver and the sexual organs of the female conatin tetrodotoxin (TTX), a toxin 250 times more deadly than cyanide, weight for weight. There is no antidote, and each year, despite elaborate precautions that include licensing fugu chefs, a few people die. RECIPES AVAILABLE.
Author: © Michael Freeman.
© Michael Freeman.
Photo size: 19.1 Mpixels (54.6 MB uncompressed) - 3575x5336 pixels (11.9x17.8 in / 30.3x45.2 cm at 300 ppi)
Photo keywords: blowfish., costly., deadly., expensive., fish., fugu., globefish., Japan., poison., puffer., sashimi., strange food., tetrodotoxin., Tokyo., toxin., TTX.
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