Baby Puffer Fish

Baby Puffer Fish

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#1 WANDA on 09.09.07 at 9:48 pm

AWWW. . .I WANT ONE!

#2 Koimaiden on 09.10.07 at 2:49 am

So tiny and balloony.. I hope the photographer put the little fella back in the water!

#3 Alex on 09.10.07 at 3:29 am

Very cute…..in a way :D

#4 ehsona on 09.10.07 at 3:35 am

aww……..so cute! i cant believe people eat those!

#5 Todd on 09.10.07 at 4:16 am

Cutest thing I’ve seen all day.

#6 Amy on 09.10.07 at 6:25 am

Aww….so cute :)

#7 Jimmy C. on 09.10.07 at 9:11 am

It’s a young Theo de Raadt. Yay for OpenBSD.

#8 Maddddie on 09.10.07 at 8:05 pm

omg that thing is so cute and adorable I hope that person but it back into the water and I hope he didnt scare him to badly lol
good job person good job!
-Maddddie

#9 stortz on 09.11.07 at 6:12 pm

so cute and puffy i kinda wanna flick it……………

#10 Hazel on 09.12.07 at 9:59 am

Put it back!!!

#11 leemur on 09.12.07 at 3:06 pm

i always wondered where ping pong balls came from…

#12 8th Grade Wonder on 09.12.07 at 4:12 pm

It is cute but its probably not a Puffer fish, once puffers puff up they die, because in order to puff up they have to blow up there intestines, and when they un puff they die.
Sorry if I made it sad but its true.

8th Grade Wonder

P.S. I stumbled

#13 spitfire on 09.13.07 at 12:20 am

#1 WANDA on 09.09.07 at 9:48 pm AWWW. . .I WANT ONE!

AWWW… I ATE ONE!

#14 Jess on 09.14.07 at 2:16 pm

Actually, 8th Grade Wonder, you’re wrong. That’s quite a common misconception about pufferfish but it’s completely false. They actually inflate by filling their stomachs with water. Then, once the danger has subsided, they simply expel the water. Ta da. ^_^

#15 Ashiikun on 09.14.07 at 2:44 pm

Sorry, Wonder, but whoever told you that lied. Puffers don’t die when the puff–it’s a natural instinct for them when they’re scared. It’s a response to help ward off predators. Why would they naturally be able to avoid getting eaten just to kill themselves?

But the baby is adorable. ^.^

#16 Emma on 09.14.07 at 3:00 pm

Awwwwwww! that is sooo cute!!

#17 Scampf on 09.14.07 at 3:01 pm

8th Grade Wonder,

You are incorrect. A puffer fish blows itself up as a defense. A defense is hardly worth while if it ends in your demise. Not many species evolve much further if the only way they can defend themselves ends up killing them.

Bee’s do die when they sting, but they are acting collectively as a hive creature and for the greater good. Mainly the hive’s survival.

Puffer fish do get stressed from puffing up. But it is not fatal. Check wikipedia for more info.

#18 The Brain on 09.14.07 at 4:43 pm

8th Grade Wonder = not. Of course they can “unpuff”!

Since puffers are not hive animals like bees, there would be no evolutionary advantage to individuals dying in self defense.

Unfortunately, Wikipedia did have this to say: “When lifted out of water there is a risk that puffers inflate with air. This may result in problems deflating again afterwards.” Uh-oh.

#19 Middle Aged Teacher on 09.14.07 at 7:30 pm

I hope that the 8th Grade Wonder there gets held back, ’cause that is absolutely WRONG. They can puff as much as they like.

#20 PatrickRsGhost on 09.16.07 at 6:25 pm

Looks like a descendant or one species of the Babelfish.

#21 logan on 09.17.07 at 7:52 pm

bitesize!!!!

#22 Emma on 09.19.07 at 10:25 pm

Aww he is soo cute. Well for 8th grade wonder…they don’t always die. Only sometimes. How did u find him??

#23 Lee on 10.01.07 at 11:11 am

Give me an eight iron and I’ll show you a flying fishie!

#24 Becky on 10.30.07 at 12:55 am

Aawwwwww! How cute is that? I always wondered where balloons came from!

#25 Brandon on 11.06.07 at 7:58 pm

Actually 8th grade wonder, when they inflate with water, its there stomach that inflates, and they become stressed out. And when they inflate with air, its harder for them to deflate, and they have a better chance of death cuz the air messes up their organs. Im a 8th grader that has a puffer and knows alot about them.

#26 Lish28 on 11.10.07 at 9:57 am

geez, dont be so mean to 8th grade wonder…hes only in 8th grade.

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#28 Jen on 11.15.07 at 5:55 pm

How could you think that in order to defend yourself you would have to die. YEAH RIGHT i mean if you were that creature would you want to die and be that cute I mean seriously use your brain. I mean I study but thats only because I’m in 9th grade and soon to get out of Salisbury Middle School and finally go to the High School.

#29 Pavel ben Jacob on 11.18.07 at 10:53 pm

Aren’t these guys poisonous? Seems like I recall some primitive peoples dipping their arrow tips in pufferfish poison….

#30 SKD on 11.26.07 at 12:38 pm

He’s cute and all but also one of the most poisonous creatures on the planet if you eat him. I’m pretty sure this is the same kind of fish that I’m thinking of.

#31 elle on 11.30.07 at 7:54 pm

i love how all of u ppl waste there lives here arguing about 8th graders and awing over a baby fish. i decided to waste my time to point out ur ridiculous actions. dont try to bite me back, im never coming back to this page.

#32 maddie on 12.04.07 at 11:42 am

OMG what the heck is that thing?

P.S. were did you get that thing

#33 y on 12.13.07 at 7:21 pm

hey i knew that puff fishees dont die when they unpuff haha how dumb is that 8th grader
use your brain
sorry i was mean

#34 amiii_3_x lurvs p3t3r on 12.20.07 at 10:59 am

omg i wnt 1 it is sooooo cutey :D

n i luv peter lmao

#35 nia on 12.20.07 at 4:32 pm

its so small and cute its proably scared though hang in there baby boy/girl

#36 giny on 12.21.07 at 3:24 pm

it is ugly

#37 animal lover on 12.26.07 at 8:38 pm

u guys r so stupid…i mean fighting over a fish who might have been aten this morning!!! but i admit its adorable im going to look it up on google and see if they sell the little guys!!! i might buy 10 if i find them…oh, and THE BRAIN or 8TH GRADE WONDER you r so stupid and soooooooo wrong!!!!!!!!!

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#39 holly on 01.06.08 at 8:45 am

Is that a golf ball???
I love shopping!!!
That thing is cute^_^
Does it hurt holding it???
Im dumb***

#40 ana on 01.23.08 at 12:19 pm

awwwww!!!!!!! you guys eat these things?! there to cute to be true :) i hope the poor little thing didn’t die it does look like a golf ball though!!!!

#41 valerie on 02.01.08 at 8:02 pm

h0w cutE

#42 EJ on 02.19.08 at 4:18 pm

8th grade wonder your not a wonder

#43 Jack on 02.27.08 at 5:08 pm

Its not true that they die, but it is still NOT good for them to puff up. If they are scared enough to blow up, they are already greatly stressed. Staying puffed up for any long period of time REALLY stresses out the fish even further. It is from the stress that they can die from. All fish can die from being over stressed.

#44 hannah on 03.13.08 at 1:53 pm

puffer fish can fly as i saw it once in brazil

#45 risu on 03.16.08 at 8:47 pm

absolutly adorable now i want one !!!!!:)

#46 babii girl on 03.21.08 at 7:32 am

thats so cute i would eat that up not 4 rilly but u no what i meen!!! :]

#47 Nikol on 03.23.08 at 9:51 am

So cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#48 'lil bo peep on 03.27.08 at 7:18 pm

HEY don’t be so mean to the 8th grade wonder every1 makes mistakes … the baby is soooooooo cute im buying one… some day ;)

#49 LimitedLurker on 04.01.08 at 11:33 am

8th Grade wonder might not be so far off in this case. If the puffer puffs with air they can easily die. They are designed to puff with water not air. Be kind to puffers and leave them in the water.

Don’t believe me? Check out the web sites dedicated to keeping puffers in an aquarium.

#50 Sara on 04.02.08 at 5:46 am

Puffer fish die if they inhale air and can’t get it out. This was probably not the nicest thing to do unless you helped him back into the water (you can assist a Puffer fish in deflation if the accidentally fill up with air by holding them underwater tail down, face up to the surface so the air bubbles rise out)

#51 Cindy Loo on 04.11.08 at 5:50 pm

AWWWWWWWWWW…. sooooooo CUTE!!!! I WANT ONE. :) BUT I WILL KEEP IT SAFE IN THE WATER. I REALLY WANT ONE… they are soooooo cute. I would name a boy puffer fish Fizzle and the girl puffer fish Cookie!!!! But I do NOT want to get hurt. BUT STILL….. I really like them.

#52 Puffer Lover on 04.12.08 at 11:04 pm

Ok so I don’t care if they after the puff up i have one any ways. And they do really well with betta’s.

the baby is cute

#53 Hatty on 04.18.08 at 5:15 am

He’s well cute! I want to hug him! But not kill him :s :D
xx

#54 Ashley on 04.25.08 at 11:39 am

AWW ITS SO CUTE

#55 Julia on 05.11.08 at 5:37 am

really sweet :)

#56 ET on 05.14.08 at 2:11 pm

AWW! HOW FREAKiNG ADORABLE! i USED TO HAVE A PUFFERFiSH, BUT HE DiED. :/

#57 Nydia on 05.19.08 at 9:00 am

Such a poof! He’s so puffy! I want to squeeze him!

#58 eddiemunster on 05.30.08 at 3:57 pm

lol funny looking thing

#59 Gwendolyn on 06.15.08 at 5:20 pm

Pufferfishes are my fav animal! I love that little guy!

#60 Alice on 07.11.08 at 11:50 am

I have TWO puffrer fish and I love them… mine are spotted though. they havent puffed yet which makes me happy cause it means that they are happy. They ARE cute though I am so happy I got them. To every body who said they want one you are going to love them… did you know that they eat crickets?

#61 My pufferfish is named "Booger" on 07.14.08 at 11:05 am

I heard of a guy who got his finger bit off by a puffer fish, I saw it on google (the picture of his missing finger)

#62 bailey on 07.21.08 at 1:12 pm

that little guy/girl is soooo CUTE i wish i had a pufferfish.

#63 claudia on 07.29.08 at 11:42 am

i always wanted to scare a puffer fish and boom POP!!

#64 vinnyfast on 07.30.08 at 7:03 am

Yes, all babies animals are adorable, and I’m sure we’re all vegetarians too, right?

#65 Ethan on 08.24.08 at 9:52 pm

As most people may know there are many different types of puffer fish out there. But only selected kinds of the puffer fish relatives (unpoisonous) are allow to be sold in stores. By looking, you might say the fellow is cute, but it is no friend towards anyother fish. I bought a puffer fish not long ago and let me tell ya, that kute little guy is no joke! even though its the baby/smallest in my aquarium, but it nips all the fins out of my other fish like there wasn’t tommorow. Even when quarintine, it leaves holes on my net. Did I told you, there were teeths under that adorable face? As they get older I was suppose to move mine from freshwater to salt water(because of its species) and cut down its outgrowning teeths before it actually keep it from feeding itself. How would you guys like this adorable monster for a pet? If ya do, just make sure you don’t have anyother fish to feed to it..

P.S. Enjoy as much as you can because puffer fish are expansive!

#66 sue on 09.06.08 at 12:10 am

very little and cute

#67 footbala on 09.08.08 at 8:21 am

the dog is so much cuter than the fish is

#68 7th grade wonder ;) on 09.19.08 at 7:58 pm

Actually “8th grade wonder” you shouldn’t get any information on wikipedia because it is submitted by the people. I’m in the 7th grade and I knew that not trying to show any body up though but I thought it was an important thought I’d through in there! ^__^

#69 7th grade wonder ;) on 09.19.08 at 8:07 pm

UMMMM… deos any one agree with me?

#70 Space tiger on 09.25.08 at 2:19 am

muahhh…. i luuuvv it

#71 ali on 09.25.08 at 12:59 pm

i know for sure that 8th grade wonder is wrong because i used to have a baby puffer fish and they have puffed and unpuffed like amillion times. but sadly that one person is right, there is a very good chance that they can die when thay come out of water. thats how mine died:(

#72 goromi lover on 09.25.08 at 1:58 pm

actuly 8th grade wonder if a pufferfish blows itself up step back because if it blows itself up enough the whole fish explode not the inner body…………………….at least that’s what my 3rd grade teacher said im in college now……………………………………..its still the cutest thing i have seen today oops type o on the first word …………………… anyway the porpose of my head name is to warship my still liveing 20 year old tropical fish pink kissing goromi to learn more about pink kissing go on to wikipedia

#73 Shay on 10.24.08 at 6:21 pm

Dont you just wanna flick it??

Its so adorable and cute and fluffy and small!!! AND CIRCULAR!!

#74 daniel f on 10.26.08 at 9:04 pm

hi i like it

#75 Zuni on 10.29.08 at 11:23 am

Storkz , yu ar so evil for wanting to flick it! It’s so adorable! they sell then at Wal-mart!

#76 Zuni on 10.29.08 at 11:24 am

Bailey , they sell them at wal-mart!they’re called lemon pufferfish!

#77 sera on 10.30.08 at 8:03 am

2 cuuuteee!!
:d:p:p

#78 cloe on 11.01.08 at 9:56 am

its so cute! i want one

#79 alexis on 11.07.08 at 4:23 pm

so cute

#80 alexis on 11.07.08 at 4:23 pm

were do you get one

#81 Kazeetie on 11.10.08 at 11:41 am

OMG! iT IS SO CUTE!I wish my mom would let me buy one!and eighth grade wonder, please don`t feel bad about being wrong!

#82 dick gozinya on 11.30.08 at 11:38 am

you know they die after they puff up like that

#83 random on 12.01.08 at 12:34 pm

Stress shortens the life of a puffer fish severely.
Puffers only puff when stressed, therefore they do not “die” from puffing but making them puff shortens their life.
I work as a divemaster and as soon as I see one starting to puff I pull away anyone around it, so it doesn´t get puffed.
They look cute but that´s no reason to shorten their lives…

#84 Mishy on 12.03.08 at 10:04 pm

It looks like it’s scared to death, I don’t know how you think it’s cute o_o. I mean, yay it’s very tiny, but not everything tiny is cute.
I don’t see anybody going “Ooh a centipede is cute!~”

And anyway, according to the above comments, it was pretty cruel to snatch it out of the water just for a picture. I hope you put it back.

As for the “omg don’t eat it lah, it’s so cute~”, not many people eat puffers because yes, it IS poisonous. If you do plan to go to a Japanese restaurant (not racial profiling, just thinking at the top of my head), don’t eat puffers unless the restaurant has an extremely renowned reputation for puffer fish. If they are not cut right, or washed properly, then you could die from the poison.

Just a little thought for food. :)

#85 shannzzzz on 12.07.08 at 12:07 pm

That thing is wierd…..and also quite cute….in a wierd sorta way!!!…………I wonder how the person caught it………its soooooo tiny

#86 LULU24 on 12.09.08 at 11:32 am

it looks like a little bitty fishie thing o and 8th grade wonder hahahahahahaha! you wher wrong about the puffer fishie!

#87 briar on 12.11.08 at 5:50 pm

yo waz up!i think it is the best+cutest thing ever!i also think i should have one!!!!!!!!!!

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#89 sdiascjisdhs on 12.21.08 at 9:06 pm

i think it is not cute because someone had to kill a baby puffer fish to make.it is sad.

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