Kathryn Garner
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Project Update: A Plumed Scorpionfish or a Narrow-lined Pufferfish: which will it be?

We are now *one backer* away from our backer count achievement of 50 backers!!

As promised, here are two deadly fish for you to choose from. If we reach 50 backers, everyone will receive this fish as a free sticker!

The choice is between a Plumed Scorpionfish (Scorpaena grandicornis) and a Narrow-lined Pufferfish (Arothron manilensis).



Scorpionfish belong to the same family as lionfish, and carry venom in their spines.

I made the Narrow-lined Pufferfish illustration to accompany a blogpost I wrote a while back about pufferfish poison. It turns out the pufferfish itself isn't poisonous but its liver, skin and ovaries are made poisonous by toxin-producing bacteria that live inside it!

So which will it be, the Scorpionfish or the Pufferfish?

(Both are edible by the way, you've just got to know how to cook them!)
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Reaching this goal unlocks the Mauve Stinger t-shirt design!
Goal: £1,200 reached! — We did it! This project reached this goal!
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