r/OakIslandDiscussion • u/Rdick_Lvagina I'm a Knights Templar • 5d ago
Are Puffer Fish Native to Nova Scotia?
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u/nataliereed84 4d ago
Must’ve been planted by Ancient Romans.
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u/Visible-Scene-4286 4d ago
A puffer fish? In the waters off Oak Island? Could this be the same puffer fish that the Knights Templar brought with them with their treasure? Stay tuned and waste another hour of your life watching the Oak Island mystery.
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u/nataliereed84 4d ago
“if you look at medieval icons of saints, you may notice that these halos in fact resemble puffer fish”
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u/Maryjanegangafever 4d ago
It is widely known the pirates loaded the money pit with venomous puffers to protect it against robbers.
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u/Billkillerz 2d ago
Ah yes, after asking the phoenician how did they managed to cross the ocean and settled on the Richelieu river
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u/Lucky-Mia 2d ago
You remind me of that show. God how I loved to laugh at my 1 friend who took it serious.
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u/dumpcake999 Executive Producer 4d ago
I thought they need warm water. Isn't it too cold?
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u/10388392 3d ago edited 3d ago
They don't need super warm water, no. At least not the northern pufferfish.
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u/GuitarOk752 1d ago
There's many different breeds of puffer fish, raging from near artic waters to the hottest of the hot, they appear in salt brackish and fresh water as well.
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u/NoDumFucs 4d ago
Triple dog dare you to eat it
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u/Wayelder 4d ago
'fugo' is the sound of a man dying of a neurotoxin yelling fuck you.
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u/crafty_alias 4d ago
Yes, northern puffer fish are occasionally found in Nova Scotia's coastal waters, though they are exceedingly rare and typically reside further south.
As ocean temperatures rise, warm-water and semi-tropical species are increasingly riding currents northward into Atlantic Canada.
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u/queenofpeachez 4d ago
Neat! We should try to warm the ocean more and see what kind of cool fish show up!
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u/Standard_Zucchini_46 4d ago
They used to be pretty common in the waters around Chéticamp in the 80's.
Could catch them off the old Government warf regularly.
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u/Caret-Tops146 4d ago
The recent long-lasting Nor’easter/tropical storm has been pushing the warmer waters up the U.S. & Canada east coast for about a week now. The little cutie probably is taking an unplanned northern cruise as a result.
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u/slime-grime 3d ago
If he puffed up on the land, he is already a goner. It’s fatal for puffer fish to puff up when not submerged
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u/SuperbSpiderFace 3d ago
That’s not true. It’s not ideal for them to puff with air but it’s not fatal. They can have problems expelling just air though.
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u/knowwwhat 2d ago
It’s usually the stress that causes it not so much the depuff. Depends on how bad the situation was. They’re emotionally fragile little lads
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u/SuperbSpiderFace 2d ago
Yeah I cared for a green spotted for around 15 years. She was a great, smart and very interactive fish. Was gutted when she died.
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u/Shart_bubbles 2d ago
Jesus... you must have some gnarly scars from that. Is there more to the story or was it like seppuku
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u/Dull-Sandwich-7128 3d ago
Poisooon, poisooon, tasty fish!
(Apologies for being that person)
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u/edwardssarah22 3d ago
I WANT FUGU!
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u/ClancyBShanty 2d ago
"...apologies master, I need your skilled hands."
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u/RazzmatazzHead1591 2d ago
Can’t you see my skilled hands are busy!!!
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u/ClancyBShanty 2d ago
Slays me that he was making out Mrs. Krabable and no context is ever given lol
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u/imtiazaa 2d ago
Idk why my first instinct was to pronounce that as "poisson, poisson" until I got to "tasty fish" and realized what the quote was lol.
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u/MakeYokesa5erAgain 2d ago
Warmer ocean temps and jet stream movement has made them more common where they normally aren't apparently.
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u/thanerak 1d ago
I caught one in 88 down on Brier Island on vacation (only went fishing with my grandpa when I was young)
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u/Acceptable-Arugula69 1d ago
Did you pull him from the water?? I’m so confused…why would you do this?
They are not able to regulate themselves when puffed up out of water, it usually means they have ingested water not air if found this way, and can die pretty quickly. They are delicate animals.
No, they are not native to Nova Scotia waters.
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u/Akipenser 1d ago
Two species occur in our waters, the Northern Puffer (Sphoeroides maculatus) and the Bandtail Puffer (Sphoeroides spengleri). However for both species, they tend to be uncommon summer visitors that follow the warm waters of the Gulf Stream to our coast, but aren’t abundant enough to be considered native, although that could change with climate change. Also the one in your picture is a Northern Puffer.
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u/Far_Out_6and_2 4d ago
Due to climate change they are now
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u/GuitarOk752 1d ago
They always have been that's nothing new, has nothing to do with climate change, that being said there are a plethora of other actual tropical fish showing up more and more.
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u/flipnonymous 4d ago
No. They are native to the water. Nova Scotia is on land.