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| Stonefish releasing it's venom |
Destin from Smarter Every Day will show us the most dangerous fish that's hiding in the corals or buried under the sand, they will extract it's venom with the help of venomologist Dr. Jamie Seymour of James Cook University.
The stonefish is the most venomous fish in the world, Dr. Seymour captures the stonefish from the aquarium and put it on top of a table, stonefish can hold water up to their gills and can stay out of water for couple of hours they are inter-tidal animals.
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| Dr. Seymour captures the stonefish from out of a aquarium |
Dr. Seymour explained that the stonefish's venom are released through its spines as your foot or whatever comes down over the top of it, the spine goes into your foot, and there's no venom sac until it gets about a third of the way down, and then what happens is your tissue compresses the venom sac and shoots it up along the spine which is now deeply embedded in your foot.
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| Stonefish's one of many spines |
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| The very sharp spine of stonefish |
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| Rubber acts like a foot which put pressures on the stonefish spine then as a defense the stonefish shoots its dangerous venom |
It's like stepping on a hypodermic needle that is upside down ready to squirt as soon as it has force applied.
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| Dustin and Dr. Seymour on milking the stonefish venom |
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