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The Stone Fish
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Jul 1, 2025
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the deadliest fish in the world this is
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one of the most venomous fish in the
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world if you step on it you will die got
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it called the stone fish the fish has a
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flat head and a triangular body which
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allows it to camouflage itself against
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rocks and coral its color can vary
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depending on its environment but they
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are usually some variation of brown gray
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or black the stonefish has 13 spines on
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its back and all of them are venomous
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and if you step on one it can be deadly
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it's also known as the devil fish or the
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sand striker so if you are stung the
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only real treatment for a stonefish
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sting is time the pain will eventually
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go away on its own but this could take
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several hours or even days during this
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time you should try to stay calm and
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relaxed this will help to reduce the
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amount of adrenaline in your body which
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can make the pain worse there is no real
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treatment for it it is important to seek
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medical attention immediately and if you
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see a fish that looks like a stone or a
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rock don't step on it there is a good
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chance that it is a stonefish and you
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might die
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even if you feel like you can handle the
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pain it is important to get help because
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the sting can become worse and you may
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need medical attention sooner than you
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think the best thing to do is to pluck
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the spines out of your skin with
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tweezers if possible because this will
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help to reduce the amount of venom that
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is left in your body you should also try
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to immobilize the affected limb so if
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it's in your leg then keep your leg
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still and try not to move around too
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much this will slow down the spread of
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the venom and hopefully reduce the
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amount of pain that you feel
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and then what happens is the venom
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enters your body through the skin and
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then travels to your central nervous
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system this is usually because they were
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only stung by one or two spines and also
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they were able to get medical attention
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very quickly so sometimes when divers
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are diving down below they stand on them
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and they don't even realize it the
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spines on the fish are so small that you
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might not even feel the first one or two
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of them going into your foot malcolm
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Walker here sometimes you might feel a
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little prick or a little pain but many
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times you don't even feel anything at
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all and this is why it's so dangerous
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because you do won't know that you have
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been stung until the pain starts to
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travel up your leg but many people who
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have been stung by these fish have died
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because they were not able to get to a
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hospital in time either died at home or
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out in the water from here it starts to
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paralyze you and this means that you
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cannot move your arms or legs anymore
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you become paralyzed from the waist down
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and then eventually from the waist up so
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first your lower body becomes paralyzed
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and then eventually your whole body
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becomes paralyzed then the pain starts
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to go away but then you can no longer
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breathe and soon after you lose
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consciousness you die it lives in the
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coastal regions of Africa specifically
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in the western and southern areas it
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prefers rocky shallow waters where it
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can hide among the rocks and blend in
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with its surroundings these fish are
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typically around 10 to 12 in long but
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there was one caught that was over 4t
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long the way it works is of course you
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step on the spine in some cases though
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people have survived being stung by the
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stonefish now these fish are very good
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at camouflaging themselves there is no
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antivenenom for a stonefish sting but as
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I said if you are stung by a stonefish
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so if you are going to be in or around
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water in the coastal regions of Africa
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be very careful thank you for watching