Puffer fish response to trideoxyTTX (VIDEO)

Nagoya University

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When trideoxyTTX, a non-toxic version of tetrodotoxin, is added into the right side of the fish tank (bottom), the puffer fish is attracted to it and stays on the right side of the tank.

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Dr Hideki Abe

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