Pufferfish contain tetrodotoxin, a substance that makes them foul tasting and often lethal to fish. To humans, tetrodotoxin is deadly, up to 1,200 times more poisonous than cyanide. There is enough toxin in one pufferfish to kill 30 adult humans, and there is no known antidote.
Liveaboard Diving in the Andaman Islands
Neil's Pride
- Site Layout:
- Sloping hard and soft coral reef
- Diving depth:
- Surface to 30m+
- Currents:
- Moderate
- Visibility:
- Around 20m
- Surface:
- Usually quite calm and sheltered
- Site access:
- Normally dinghy
The beginning of the dive here is generally the deeper areas at the bottom of the reef where there are some beautiful coral covered rocks and pinnacles. The corals here are a mixture of hard and soft corals and are in excellent condition. The reef itself is very steep, and there is an excellent diversity and representation of marine life. This can be a great site to see the Giant Sweetlips (which can grow up to 1.5m long!!), as well as large numbers of Snapper, Fusilier, and Butterfly Fish. There is also the chance to see Manta Rays, Leatherback Turtles, and Silver Tip Reef Sharks.
Select other Andaman Island Dive Sites you can see on your liveaboard trip.
- Barren Island
- Campbell Shoal
- Invisible Bank : Flat Rock
- Lighthouse Point
- Minerva Ledge
- Narcondam Islands
- North Button Island
- North Cinque Island
- Passage Island : Fish Rock
- South Button Island
For general tourist information and history on the Andaman Islands see the Andaman Islands Website.
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