Puffer folks

[GaryP]

Here's something for you guys with puffers in your tanks. We were having a talk about sushi at work and someone asked me about this and I went looking for some links.

http://pubs.acs.org/cen/critter/8212pufferfish.html

[Thunderkat]

That is pretty cool. I have some buddies from the Philipines and they say that even in properly prepared fugu there is still some of the poison in the meat but that is why people eat it, for the numbing tingly sensation that you get when you eat it. I guess it is not so crazy considering I put jalapeno on all my food and copious amounts of hot mustard and wasabi when I got to eat asian food.

It is amazing the things we find in nature that can benefit us if we only take the time to look around.

[weizer896]

I was looking at different species of fish and decided to look up horseshoe crab...found an interesting article about horshoe crabs and medicine.I had watched a show on Discovery Channel about them and found it to be very educational.I'm not sure how to post websites,but the site is.....www.horseshoecrab.org.....really interesting

[Polkster13]

Here is your link (www.horseshoecrab.org).

[GaryP]

I was looking at different species of fish and decided to look up horseshoe crab...found an interesting article about horshoe crabs and medicine.I had watched a show on Discovery Channel about them and found it to be very educational.I'm not sure how to post websites,but the site is.....www.horseshoecrab.org.....really interesting

At one time there were horseshoe crabs in Galveston bay because they were using them for medical research at the UT med school in Galveston. Apparently they were supposed to be "scarificed" horsehoes that were being dumped in the bay, but some of them survived. Horseshoe crabs are not native to Texas. They are commonly found off the Northeast coast.

A lot of work is being done with sponges too. They are looking for medical compounds in sponges.