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The 9mm Glock Fishing Expidition

Va_Nemo

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The linked video states that its good eating and shows the harvested fish collected, cooked and on the table. Sure your numbers are good or does the cooking heat break down the toxin you reference?

Also, is the projectile the fatal part or is it concussive impact from the blast and expanding gasses? Seems the pipe added would indicate its the concussion.

Whichever way, it does looka kinda fun addition to scuba-ing.

Nemo
 

DeSchaine

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2014 article on Phys.org

"No one is debating that lionfish could be ciguatoxic," says Wilcox. "But there's no reason to think they're any more ciguatoxic that groupers or other smaller predators in an area. If they're popping positive more often than species with the same diet, that indicates there's something fishy going on."
Wilcox hopes that the research will urge researchers to carefully examine their testing protocols to ensure that the proteins she discovered in lionfish tissues don't lead to unwarranted fear of lionfish consumption. "The first, easy step is to cook or boil lionfish samples prior to ciguatoxin testing. Heat degrades the venom proteins, ensuring they don't cause any problems."
 
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