Marine Creature of the Month April '20
Marine Creature of the Month Famous Fish: Sykes Picture from Pinterest Puffer Fish You have spoken! Thank you all for voting, your winner is Sykes from A Sharks Tale , the puffer fish. If anyone is home schooling at the moment, here is your next biology lesson sorted! Kingdom: Animalia Class: Actinopterygii Conservation Status: Not Extinct (NE) WHAT IS SYKES? Sykes is a caricature of Martin Scorsese in fish format, otherwise known as a puffer fish. They belong to the Tetraodontidae family and are related to several similar species of fish, such as globefish, swellfish, and (my favourite) sugar toads. Most species of puffer are toxic and are poisonous if consumed. They are famous for this, puffer fish poison has been the murder weapon in many TV shows. It is also a method of murder in the Sims 4 , if that's the way you like to play life simulators! Their scientific name, however, is for their teeth rather than their toxic qualities. They have four la...