Most people avoid eating dangerous foods. The don't want to get sick. However, there is one food that may be deadly, yet some people eat it on purpose. It's called the puffer fish.
This species of fish, called fugu in Japanese, lives in the Pacific Ocean. Some Japanese die every year from eating fugu. In fact, the Emperor of Japan is not allowed to tough it. Why? Well, the insides of the puffer fish are very poisonous. They contain a venom 275 times more powerful than the deadly poison cyanide.
Usually nothing bad happens when fugu is on the menu. Customers leave the restaurant with happy smiles on their faces. The chefs are trained to remove the insides of the puffer fish before they serve it to their customers. If they miss even a small amount, the fish is not safe to eat. If a chef is careless, the customers stop smiling and get sick.
Puffer fish is very expensive. A plate of fugu costs more than $200 in some restaurants in Tokyo. Besides this, the fish is very ugly, with spines all over its body. Also, it can puff itself up to double its normal size. That's the reason for its name. Why do the Japanese risk so much for such an ugly and dangerous fish? Well, some people like taking risks. And fugu is absolutely delicious!
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
- venom (n): a poisonous liquid which some snakes, insects, etc. produce when biting or stinging. ពិស
- cyanide (n): an extremely powerful poison.
- ugly (adj): unpleasant to look at; not attractive. អាក្រក់ eg. I find a lot of modern architecture very ugly.
- spine (n): ឆ្អឹងកងខ្នង eg. She injured her spine in a riding accident.
- puff (v): បំប៉ោង
- absolutely (adv): completely. យ៉ាងច្បាស់ យ៉ាងពិត eg. I believed him absolutely.
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