With stings from fish it works the opposite to land animal/insect stings. The hot water breaks down the protiens in the venom.
If you get stung by a gurnard/cobbler/small ray on say your finger, you're whole hand is going to hurt and usually its going to bleed like a stuck pig.
they are nice eating with nice white flesh but not a whole lot of it and i can vouch for the pain, i only got scratched by one and that was bad enough.
often they are reffered to as poor mans crayfish, very nice eating white flesh, for me the risk og getting stung is too much to bother, even when dead they will put you in alot of pain for a fair while, but if you are game as said very nice eating
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a freak of nature
looks like some type of a Blow fish. How big is it?
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keggy26
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tell me about it it is
tell me about it it is around 45cm long
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gurnard, a very dead looking
gurnard, a very dead looking one at that
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Bloody ugly
looking fish
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Here is one pissed off that
Here is one that i caught in mandurah a few weeks ago....
Gota watch them spines lol
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what are they good for
what are they good for
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Eating
They are good eating but be very careful because those spines are poisonous and verrry painful.
If you get a sting from one you need lots of hot water on the area, as hot as you can bear and if no water available pee on it.
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cool thanks for that info
cool thanks for that info very helpful
derp000
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Wouldn't the Hot water
Wouldn't the Hot water increase the blood circulation? therfore spreading the posion or is it local pain simular to a stingers?
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Opposite
With stings from fish it works the opposite to land animal/insect stings. The hot water breaks down the protiens in the venom.
If you get stung by a gurnard/cobbler/small ray on say your finger, you're whole hand is going to hurt and usually its going to bleed like a stuck pig.
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they are nice eating with
they are nice eating with nice white flesh but not a whole lot of it and i can vouch for the pain, i only got scratched by one and that was bad enough.
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often they are reffered to
often they are reffered to as poor mans crayfish, very nice eating white flesh, for me the risk og getting stung is too much to bother, even when dead they will put you in alot of pain for a fair while, but if you are game as said very nice eating