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Milking the WORLD'S MOST VENOMOUS FISH! - Smarter Every Day 117
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Hey it's me Destin, welcome back to Smarter Every Day.
Sometimes I like to walk around in my yard barefooted, which is awesome until I hit a little sticky weed, which hurts.
I'm about to ruin the beach for you.
There's an animal called the stonefish that is the meanest thing that I have ever seen.
We're gonna milk it, even though it doesn't have nipples.
Goggle up. Science is about to happen.
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So this is the research aquarium here at James Cook University right?
- Yep. This is where we've got everything that can bite and kill you.
- OK cause you do what? What's the word? Venomologist?
- D'ahh. Toxinologist.
- Toxinologist?
- Destin how many times have we got to tell you this?
- Toxinologist, Dr Jamie Seymour, grabbing a stonefish.
- The most venomous fish in the world.
- Most venomous fish in the world, with his hand.
- Ahh. Just drain a bit of water.
- So why are we not wearing leather gloves when we do this?
- Probably because you can't feel properly.
- Oh OK.
- Yeah it's better you get a better feel for the fish.
- OK, and so is the fish under stress right now?
- No they can hold water up in their gills, so they can stay out of water for a couple of hours.
- Really?
- They're inter-tidal animals, so they're used to this sort of thing.
- So they get kind of caught in pools and stuff.
- Yes, and they'll often get caught where the water's drained out and then they're away and running. So we'll move our prop fish.
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