Following 80 pufferfish washing up on a beach in Simon's Town yesterday, over a hundred more puffers have emerged along the False Bay coastline today. Feels familiar? A similar situation occurred last year around the same time. Here's more:
While The City continues to collect and bag the fish, it has also warned the public not to handle the beached pufferfish.
“Residents and visitors are reminded not to handle the puffer fish. Those walking their dogs should ensure that their pets do not come in contact with the fish either as it carries the neurotoxin tetrodotoxin and should not be consumed,” said The City said. “The City will keep on monitoring the beaches in the Far South in the coming days and will remove the fish, should more wash ashore,” the statement added.Some Capetonians might recall that a year ago around the same time in March, there was another mysterious amount of puffers washing up on similar shorelines.saw hoards of dead, ‘evil eye’ pufferfish found along the False Bay coastline, Muizenberg and Fish Hoek beaches. The City reported then that it had removed around 70 bags of the batch.
It was speculated then that red tides, or algal blooms could’ve been responsible, however, this was ruled out as a cause then
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