HELP scratched by a western australian globefish (porcupine fish)
Submitted by BunburyYakfisha on Sat, 2013-12-21 17:33
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Hi
I was scratched about 20mins ago by a porcupine fish while fishing.
I was just wonderng if they are poisonous or what????
Thanks Jesse
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Auslobster
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You're safe.
Their spines are non-venomous. Incidentally, you only get "poisoned" if you eat/ingest a toxic substance (fugu/drain cleaner)..."venomous" comes from being bitten/scratched/stung by something that produces a toxic substance.
BunburyYakfisha
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Thanks soo much mate. Cheers
Thanks soo much mate.
Cheers Jesse
Auslobster
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No worries...
...but if we never see you post on here again then it could be that I'm wrong!
BunburyYakfisha
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haha I will be sure to post
haha
I will be sure to post some fishing storys soon
Olliej
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happened to a mate of mine
happened to a mate of mine too. sure miss that guy!
Jayden20
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bahahaha
bahahaha
Sunburntfeet
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Blowie volleyball, best game
Blowie volleyball, best game ever. Catch one while diving ( not hard) make it puff up and play volleyball. Used 1/2 a tank during one game at the Busso jetty..... I lost.
Fisherman, constantly trying to out-smart fish.......with limited success
Michael Yoni
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On a serious note, I don't
On a serious note, I don't believe its a wise idea to ask on a public forum whether this is poisonous or not after being scratched. Best to have gone and seek medical advice as if it was poisonous/harmful, it was over 30 minutes from the time it happened til you got your first answer.... could have been the difference between nothing and something nasty. luckily it was not.
The first response could have come later or the web page could have crashed soon after you posted it and would not have had any response - then what. (you just don't know). This web site has been down many times over the past few months - computers can be temperamental.
Not that people on here don't know their stuff - they pretty much do and you (like most of us) have learnt now that this fish if it does happen again.
Maybe some basic first aid like, washing it with fresh clean water, watching out for increased redness, keeping the fish on hand (pardon the pun) in case it is needed for identification...
hooty
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Or you could of done a 5 sec
Or you could of done a 5 sec search on google.