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•  Info Approx. 6 centimetres (2.4 in) long pufferfish (Torquigener flavimaculosus), Pistol Bay, Paphos, Cyprus. This pufferfish is native to the Western Indian Ocean but has emigrated to the Red and Mediterranean Seas. Their natural prey are crustaceans and mollusks that they crush with their four large teeth (which give name to the order Tetraodontiformes). As with many other puffers, this pufferfish has a symbiotic relationship with types of bacteria that produces tetradotoxin which is a powerful neurotoxin. Tetradoxin is found in their skin and internal organs like liver and is approximately 100 times more toxic than cyanide, what makes pufferfishes among the most poisonous vertebrates in the world. They are therefore highly toxic to most animals when eaten. Nevertheless, the meat of some species is considered a delicacy in Japan, Korea, and China when prepared by specially trained chefs who know which part is safe to eat and in what quantity. Furthermore one of the most known characteristics of pufferfishes is that they can inflate taking water or air an so multiply their size several times to avoid that they can be swallowed by predators. c/u/n by Poco a poco (talk) 19:02, 21 January 2022 (UTC)
•  Support -- Poco a poco (talk) 19:02, 21 January 2022 (UTC)
•  Question Have you rotated it? Often a good idea, but the seabed looks tilted. Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:24, 21 January 2022 (UTC)

• Charlesjsharp: Yes, this image is rotated in ccw direction. Originally the puffer was looking up and the seabed had more inclination. If I take pictures over the surface I sometimes need to fix the tilt a bit, in worst cases 2 degrees, but underwater the tilt can be far from reality (10-20 degrees) when chasing subjects like this one. Long story short, I applied a tilt but it's hard to say how far from reality was the original tilt. Therefore I opted for having at least the subject horizontal. Poco a poco (talk) 22:09, 21 January 2022 (UTC)

•  Support --Tournasol7 (talk) 11:08, 22 January 2022 (UTC)
•  Support --Llez (talk) 11:18, 22 January 2022 (UTC)
•  Support --Famberhorst (talk) 07:32, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
•  Support --IamMM (talk) 08:31, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
•  Support --Yann (talk) 14:00, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
•  Support Pretty in pink ;–). --Aristeas (talk) 16:49, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
•  Support -- Radomianin (talk) 18:33, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
•  Support Daniel Case (talk) 03:23, 24 January 2022 (UTC)
•  Support.--Vulp❯❯❯here! 05:25, 24 January 2022 (UTC)
•  Support --XRay 💬 10:00, 24 January 2022 (UTC)
•  Support Lupe (talk) 18:13, 24 January 2022 (UTC)
•  Support Cmao20 (talk) 11:14, 25 January 2022 (UTC)
•  Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 13:02, 25 January 2022 (UTC)
•  Support Excellent underwater image. --Tagooty (talk) 03:16, 26 January 2022 (UTC)
•  Support -- Basile Morin (talk) 05:15, 26 January 2022 (UTC)
•  Support -- Karelj (talk) 15:13, 26 January 2022 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 17 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Yann (talk) 16:40, 27 January 2022 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Animals/Fish#Family_:_Tetraodontidae_(Pufferfish)