(1) And not just any fish, mind you, but tasty ones, like flying fish, yellowtail and blowfish - the forbidden fugu - plus spiny, slimy things like ebi, abalone and crawfish.(2) Chefs have to be specially certified in handling fugu , there are only a couple in Japan, and even one death gets that licence yanked.(3) Comparisons of the genetic map of fugu with that of other teleosts revealed that, as expected, the synteny between the two pufferfishes, fugu and Tetraodon, is highly conserved.(4) Chefs must be specially trained and licensed to prepare fugu .(5) Analysis of fugu genomic sequences revealed the presence of five NgR-related genes.(6) all fugu chefs must pass a government test(7) The toxin contained in the organs of fugu , or puffer fish, is said to be 1300 times deadlier than cyanide.(8) Finally the fugu is set down in front of us to hushed anticipation.(9) In fugu , only the rtn3-a1 transcript was found.(10) The apotheosis of the sushi chef's art is the preparation of the highly poisonous fugu fish.(11) I know I've done similar things in the past (well, nothing on par with eating fugu , but you know what I mean), so I'll shut up about it.(12) The fugu enjoys the rare though not necessarily enviable distinction of having the most lethal skin, intestines, livers and gonads in the world.(13) Oddly, my nightmares weren't about fugu , they were about Todai, an all-you-can-eat sushi restaurant.(14) Shimonoseki-city in Yamaguchi, is known as fugu city and supplies a large amount of fugu.(15) Even so, instances occur of Japanese dying from fugu poisoning, usually because someone without the necessary skill has attempted to prepare the fish.(16) Japanese prize puffer sashimi - fugu - though some diners die even after well-trained chefs trim the poisonous tissue.
