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Pufferfish

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  • Pufferfish are able to blow themselves up into a round ball
    True
  • Pufferfish can live in both freshwater and saltwater
    True
  • Pufferfish puff up when they feel threatened
    True
  • Tetrodotoxin makes pufferfish taste foul to other fish
    True
  • Pufferfish have smooth skin covered in scales
    False
  • Pufferfish can also live in coral reefs
    True
  • Pufferfish poison is safe for humans
    False
  • Nearly all pufferfish contain a poison called tetrodotoxin
    True
  • Most pufferfish eat algae and small invertebrates
    True
  • Some species of pufferfish have spines on their skin
    True
  • It takes up to five hours for a pufferfish to deflate after puffing up
    True
  • Most pufferfish live in the warm tropical waters of the Atlantic Pacific and Indian Oceans
    False
    True
  • There are less than 50 different species of pufferfish
    False
  • Pufferfish come in colours such as yellow
    white
    True
    and grey
    brown
  • Larger pufferfish can eat mussels and clams
    True