Map pufferfish (Arothron mappa) resting in a barrel sponge. The body of this pufferfish contains the deadly poison tetrodotoxin (TTX), one of the most

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Map pufferfish (Arothron mappa) resting in a barrel sponge. The body of this pufferfish contains the deadly poison tetrodotoxin (TTX), one of the most lethal poisons known. Photographed in Barracuda Point near Biak, West Papua in Indonesia, Asia.

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Photo credit: © MATTHEW OLDFIELD/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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