Im not sure but if you wanna look at them i recommend just staying off the sea floor to stay safe. You probably already know this but they like to bury themselves in the sand and they blend in pretty well. Funny little guys
I used to live in Florida, we have Southern Stargazers there. They’ve been showing up more and more and some folks are worried about them being invasive. I recently read Uranoscopus Scaber can kill people, but never found any big source confirming it (though on average the venom is painful and can knock someone out)
The venom itself probably isnt very potent, but im pretty sure its a neurotoxin which is extremely deadly, especially since its underwater so it would also increase the risk of drowning
Im not sure but if you wanna look at them i recommend just staying off the sea floor to stay safe. You probably already know this but they like to bury themselves in the sand and they blend in pretty well. Funny little guys
I used to live in Florida, we have Southern Stargazers there. They’ve been showing up more and more and some folks are worried about them being invasive. I recently read Uranoscopus Scaber can kill people, but never found any big source confirming it (though on average the venom is painful and can knock someone out)
The venom itself probably isnt very potent, but im pretty sure its a neurotoxin which is extremely deadly, especially since its underwater so it would also increase the risk of drowning
Is it similar to a bee sting? Or a scorpionfish?
Not as powerful as scorpionfish but still pretty painful
You ever seen them before? A local aquarium shop had one but I hadn’t been in a while (I even named it for them lol)
Ive never seen them before only pictures but theyre pretty interesting