r/interesting • u/SIVARLORD • 21h ago
That's why it's best not to step on stonefish MISC.
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u/MJLDat 18h ago
Me, in a flat in central London, suddenly having a fear of stepping on a stone fish.
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u/madeat1am 13h ago
I'm Australian who hates the beach I'm scared of them
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u/ConqueringKing_Darq 11h ago
You're Australian. You should be scared of everything Land, Air and Water bound. Or inversely, fear nothing
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u/greylord123 13h ago
Me, I've just stepped on a stone fish, suddenly having a fear of living in a flat in central London.
Stepping on the stone fish is probably less painful than your rent
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u/ExistentialWonder 6h ago
I'm currently 1500 miles in any direction from an ocean and I'm terrified as well.
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u/ExistentialWonder 6h ago
I'm currently 1500 miles in any direction from an ocean and I'm terrified as well.
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u/frozrdude 21h ago
That blue venom is surely nasty.
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u/Sweet_Habib 16h ago
I’d love to see it interact with blood.
Kinda like that coagulation video where they mixed the blood with the tiger snake venom.
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u/ExplodingSteve 15h ago
It doesn’t work that way, this poison doesn’t effect blood it effects your muscular system
all of them, i think it relaxes them causing death
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u/Sweet_Habib 15h ago
Why do you comment when you don’t know what you’re talking about?
First, it’s a venom. Secondly, below is a breakdown of the terrible shit this does in your blood.
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u/ExplodingSteve 15h ago
huh cool, i didn’t know it was hemolytic too otherwise blood wouldn’t change much
but it still effects your muscles and the death is caused from cardiac failure right? and vasodilation, also respiratory arrest. so i assumed it causes death by extreme relaxation of muscles. idk something like that
sorry btw :P
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u/Puzzleheaded-Phase70 14h ago
Stonefish toxin has SO SO many different horrific chemicals mixed together.
IIRC, there's even something in it that prevents the victim from passing out, meaning that they can experience MORE pain than their brain would normally even let them be conscious for.
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u/ExplodingSteve 14h ago
Is there a study where i can see all of the toxins and effects?
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u/SopaPyaConCoca 5h ago
No, there isn't any. I wish someday someone invents something on internet where you could search for anything...
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u/GhostPepperDaddy 2h ago
The effects affect*. Between that and spreading false information, you should probably refrain from commenting on things in the future when you are talking out of your rear.
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u/Just1n_Kees 21h ago
I usually walk on land, but the next time I take a hike through the ocean floors I will definitely look where I’m going.
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u/atoheartmother 20h ago
These guys hang out on rocky beaches at low tide - they can survive out of the water for up to 24 hours! You aren't safe just cause you aren't in the water
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u/zbornakssyndrome 17h ago
Why don’t you just scare the hell out of us?
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u/Adventurous-Equal-29 15h ago
They can also hitch a ride on turtles to travel on land. Watch your door step next time you go outside.
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u/Ohmie122 15h ago
I heard they can acclimate to our society if they make it far enough, they can even learn to drive with a telescoping stick like Klaus from American dad
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u/derrburgers 14h ago
What's it like living in 2023? Saw on the TV they've taught themselves C++ and took in $2.3B in VC seed money for AI enhanced venom production.
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u/Wodensdays_child 13h ago
....imma just stay in my mountains with the bears and the coyotes and the copperheads, thank you. Weird ass fish.
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u/CaptainEdibles 21h ago
There's a reason the video cuts off right there
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u/KnottyCatLady 20h ago
Right!?!
*Demonstrates why you don't want to get stung by creature.
10 seconds later...."Now, I'm going to sting myself with said creature."
🤦♀️
I assume it cut off cuz he "found out"
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u/OuttaD00r 20h ago edited 20h ago
That's literally what that channel does. Majority of their videos is them getting bitten or stung by something for them and the viewers to see what they can do to people. They take necessary precautions including epipens for unforeseen allergic reactions. The full video showed the aftermath
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u/jakefromadventurtime 19h ago
Link to this one? I want to see
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u/humancarl 2h ago
Be careful. My kiddo will be watching one, and I get sucked in and I'm like 'the next one'. I also got sucked into a hornet enthusiast's channel one day.
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u/ExplodingSteve 15h ago
Funny how the fish is literally the most dirtiest dirt looking rock colored and the poisonous spikes are pretty sky blue ✨
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u/SweetEuneirophrenia 14h ago
I stepped on one of these when I was around 13 or 14. Do not recommend. Pain was pretty excruciating, but I only had to spend a day in the hospital so that was good.
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u/emoUnavailGlitter 11h ago
This thing is an asshole.
Don't be invisible if you don't wanna get stepped on!
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u/TaonasProclarush272 17h ago
Is this Australian? Giving big deadly vibes and most of the deadly creatures I've never heard about seem to live on or near Australia. Not judging, just saying.
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u/SweetEuneirophrenia 14h ago
They also definitely live in the Caribbean because I stepped on one of those bastards as a kid.
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u/ExplodingSteve 15h ago
you would be right, they’re native to the islands there
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u/sunnywormy 14h ago
not just the islands, coastal waters of the top half of the country. plus Google said there's also an estuarine version so... yay
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u/colossuscollosal 20h ago
counting with more intensity builds the anticipation for the spines to pierce…the foam
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u/bitstoatoms 7h ago
It's a neoprene wet suit patch, not just foam. A practical demonstration using actual gear.
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u/AliquidLatine 7h ago
Stepping on a Stonefish was one of those fears I had as a kid that I had no business being afraid of, like quick sand and spontaneous combustion
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u/Tarbos6 2h ago
In most cases poisonous and venomous animals give out some kind of warning to not fuck with them, usually with bright colors. Even the rattlesnake makes a noise that tells you to stay away. Nature was just being an asshole when it made these guys, because they blend in perfectly with their environment, give no warning, and have a ridiculously potent venom.
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u/PoorMe1Art 12h ago
Oh HELL no! I just know that's Coyote Peterson. Guy is a sadomasochist.
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u/crumble-bee 8h ago
It must be his channel or somethng. He's got the same intonation and it's the same sort of video, just not him
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u/CdnWriter 11h ago
What's the effect of ingesting that venom or having it injected? Is it lethal to humans? Maybe "The Day of the Jackal" series could have him use a blowgun with poisoned darts.....
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u/G8AdventureStory 11h ago
Any case of death from Stone fish ? Never heard of it… usually blue ring octopus, and Portugese Man O’War.
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u/drexil_73 10h ago
Went to school with a guy who sadly passed away stepping on one of these bad boys in Thailand. Died in the arms of his fiancé, nothing they could do to save him.
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u/A_Concerned_Viking 10h ago
My cousin and I would catch these frequently at the fishing docks in Hafnarfjörður, Iceland. They would eat anything we baited them with. 3 rows of jaws. Very slimy. Had no idea they were poisonous. Mágknuta.
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u/nmheath03 8h ago
Y'know, I was gonna say something about "either an animal is toxic and stands out, or blends in as its survival strategy, not both" but in fairness, the only things that walk in the ocean are usually small enough to get eaten by the stonefish.
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u/Sanguinius 8h ago
My friend stood on one of these in New Caledonia at the beach. He was behind me and I heard an inhuman scream. Cue us trying to describe to French doctors in hospital in English what a stone fish was.
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u/Intelligent_Swan_246 8h ago
Can a clever person explain why they've evolved that spiky barbed defence??? Its not like other fish will step on them.
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u/Compound55 7h ago
I really don't know but I would guess it's not a good idea to touch stonefish venom and let it come in contact with your skin.
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u/One_Manufacturer_526 6h ago
Did he just say "now it's time to take a sting for myself"??
Does he mean take a spike home, or let it sting him?
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u/Imaginary_Toe8982 6h ago
there was a documentary about the stonefish and how it's venom is one of the most painful venoms in animal kingdom and there was that dude who said that the pain stayed with him and after years he is still on morphine to tone done the pain that still lingers...
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u/HelloThere465 11h ago
"this is an animal with extremely painful venom and has a risk of death... Let's try it!"
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u/brackygen 13h ago
Here’s this poisonous fish I’m gonna fiddle around with it a little bit here just to prove that it’s poisonous. I do this because I love animals.
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u/beautiful_world975 15h ago
Animal cruelty? The guy is torturing the poor fish for the sake of a video :(
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u/OuttaD00r 12h ago
Where's the part where it's being tortured? They can stay out of water for up to 24 hours
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u/bitstoatoms 7h ago
Synanceia verrucosa retains moisture in the skin quite well and can breathe through skin. During low tides they can survive out of the water or in shallow pools for quite some time.
So, it had discomfort, thought it isn't a torture. The guy though has torturing himself for sure.
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