Pufferfish possibly seen in Monterey Bay waters

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Pufferfish-possibly-sighted-in-Monterey-Bay-6588734.php

"Kippen was skeptical of her find, saying the fish could have also been mola mola..."

How does that look anything like a pufferfish? Maybe something got lost in translation.

"Kippen was skeptical of her find, saying the fish could have also been mola mola..."

How does that look anything like a pufferfish? Maybe something got lost in translation.

"It's a baby fahkin wheeeel, Joey!"

My other question was why they had to tell us it was seen during a 20 mile hike.  WTF does that have to do with the story other than maybe the reportee was dillusional from excersion...

"It's a baby fahkin wheeeel, Joey!"

Ha ha! That one will never get old...

This sounded interesting but like most other people commenting on it, it sounded fishy.... I googled it and found another article that supports the claim.

http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Rare-Sighting-of-Pufferfish-Near-Monterey-Bay-May-be-Due-to-El-Nino-336734201.html# 

Next will be lionfish.



http://www.kionrightnow.com/news/local-news/two-pufferfish-wash-up-along-monterey-bay-coast/36024380

Next will be lionfish.



http://www.kionrightnow.com/news/local-news/two-pufferfish-wash-up-along-monterey-bay-coast/36024380

I don't think Lion Fish are from Mexico........but definitely freaky finding those porcupine fish on shore.


Found this guy on Costa de Oro beach in the East Cape......"Costa" now resides in a plastic cube in my office 

Next will be lionfish.



http://www.kionrightnow.com/news/local-news/two-pufferfish-wash-up-along-monterey-bay-coast/36024380

I don't think Lion Fish are from Mexico........but definitely freaky finding those porcupine fish on shore.


Found this guy on Costa de Oro beach in the East Cape......"Costa" now resides in a plastic cube in my office 

Think the poison in those spines are still potent?

Next will be lionfish.



http://www.kionrightnow.com/news/local-news/two-pufferfish-wash-up-along-monterey-bay-coast/36024380

I don't think Lion Fish are from Mexico........but definitely freaky finding those porcupine fish on shore.


Found this guy on Costa de Oro beach in the East Cape......"Costa" now resides in a plastic cube in my office 

Think the poison in those spines are still potent?

I don't think they are poisonous. I've handled them alive a bunch of times in and out of the water. If you harass them they will inflate and just float around extremely slow and you can nab them as long as you don't apply too much pressure and stay away from their beak like teeth you're cool. It's similar to handling uni but I know uni has toxins in their spines.

There are quite a few types of puffer fish that are poisonous to eat and are a sashimi delicacy but caution has to be taken in preparation.

Butete!

I know the Blob was discussed earlier this yr. And time will tell. But if this is true, I think the crab season could be a tell tail sign. As they like like cooler water and the depth should be deeper. But the change off could be Lobster moving in.

http://www.king5.com/story/news/local/seattle/2015/04/10/blob-and-weather/25613961/

Next will be lionfish.



http://www.kionrightnow.com/news/local-news/two-pufferfish-wash-up-along-monterey-bay-coast/36024380

I don't think Lion Fish are from Mexico........but definitely freaky finding those porcupine fish on shore.


Found this guy on Costa de Oro beach in the East Cape......"Costa" now resides in a plastic cube in my office 

Lion Fish are from the east coast but heard of some evading the gulf of mexico.. Maybe they work there way up here?


http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/does-eating-lionfish-work/

Lionfish are from the tropics, they came here during some storm.  Fugu from Asian countries are extremely poisonous.

I think we'll see lobsters way before lion fish.
But you could keep thinking that 

I hear lionfish is really good eating,might be a target species since there won't be any stripers around