Photo from Wikimedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nYou can’t have a venomous fish and\u00a0expect me not to talk about it, so let’s learn a little more about this poison, shall we?\u00a0 Like most other venomous animals the Scorpion Fish utilize this specialized trait to stun their prey before they eat them.\u00a0 As well, they use this skill set to fight off any potential predators.\u00a0 I can just imagine the surprised look on the predators face when they go to bite this wimpy, little fish.\u00a0 Although, you can’t blame the predator for not knowing that the fish is acutally posionous.\u00a0 You know how I am always saying that venomous animals are usually brightly coloured.\u00a0 Well, that isn’t exactly the case for these fish.\u00a0 They actually have pretty decent camouflage to help with surprising their prey.\u00a0 Although, many species do have bright colours concealed that they flash when threatened as a warning to the potential predator.\u00a0 But come on, if you are a good predator and the Scorpion Fish doesn’t see you sneak up on it then they won’t have a chance to flash you (hahah – that sounds wrong!).<\/p>\n
I think when I start talking about fish flashing us, that it is a good time to call it a day.\u00a0 I hope you enjoyed today’s fact and I will see you tomorrow for the last fact of the week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Today we are going to get away from the Domesticated Wild Facts and head to the seas to learn about a venomous family of fish.\u00a0 Okay, so perhaps some people keep Scorpion Fish in a home aquarium but I would hardly call that being a domesticated pet.\u00a0 Afterall, you probably wouldn’t want to cuddle your pet Scorpion Fish.\u00a0 Heck, you can’t even take it for a walk!\u00a0 Some other names for this family of fish include Firefish, Turkeyfish, Stingfish and Dragonfish.\u00a0 Sure they may not be the cuddliest pet in the world but they definitely have some of the coolest <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4082,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[64,4024],"tags":[348,798,1721,4025,1720,1723,1722],"yoast_head":"\n
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