The puffer fish is called a pufferfish because it resembles a "dolphin". It is well known to have a rounded body, is a high-grade aquatic product, known as the "crown of dishes", it mainly lives in the middle or bottom layer of water, feeding on shellfish, crustaceans and juvenile fish, distributed all over the world. Image source: High-quality image
Puffer fish have teeth as powerful as a vice, and their teeth have a perfect mechanical structure, it is no exaggeration to say that a pound of puffer fish can bite off the No. 6 wire in one bite! If you accidentally bite your finger, you will bite down on the bone and flesh! People who fish are most worried about puffer fish biting hooks because they bite the rope rope is broken, and the bite hook hook is broken! Image source: High-quality image
Pufferfish have a rounded body, mainly relying on the pectoral fin to advance, although this size looks cute and cute, and can also rotate flexibly, but this also causes them to swim fast, is an easy target to be hunted. Image source: High-quality image
As a result, pufferfish have evolved a self-defense mechanism different from that of ordinary fish. When hunted and threatened, they are able to quickly draw water or air into a highly elastic stomach and expand several times in a short period of time to scare off predators. Image source: High-quality image
Different species of puffer fish are different after expansion, and the spiny pufferfish of the family Spiny Pufferfish even has spines on the body, and when it is expanded, the spines of the whole body will stand up, making it difficult for predators to swallow. Image source: High-quality image
Pufferfish also have many interesting features, such as dual-purpose, the pufferfish's two eyes, one is used to hunt prey, and the other can be used to keep a whistle. This feature is something that many animals, including humans, cannot imitate. Image source: High-quality image
When the fishermen's nets catch them, they will quickly inhale and expand into a bulging state to cheat to death, at this time people often involuntarily kick with their feet, which undoubtedly helps it a lot, they roll into the water, and disappear without a trace in an instant. Image source: High-quality image
Puffer fish even imitate people giving gifts, and men usually offer a bouquet of flowers when they express their love to a woman. The freshwater pufferfish that live in the Amazon Basin of South America are no exception, collecting "gifts" from their aquatic environment to offer to their favorite object, although this gift may be a bouquet of aquatic weeds, a wooden stick or a stone. Image source: Gaopin Image/WeChat public platform: Gaopin Image