What does TTX stand for?

Tetrodotoxin (poison from the Puffer Fish)

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Most of their skin and organs contain a lethal neurotoxin, tetrodotoxin, which has no cure and causes respiratory and heart failure if eaten.

Authorities will pay to catch poisonous fish

The poison tetrodotoxin present in its organs, not the meat.

Fugu

The bizarre case surfaced in July when federal agents arrested Bachner after catching him taking delivery of a shipment of tetrodotoxin, which can be fatal when fish containing the substance are eaten.

Ill. man accused of planning fish toxin death

The restaurant, "Kibunya," did not have a licence from the provincial administration to prepare and serve blowfish, which contains tetrodotoxin in its organs, a powerful neurotoxin that can cause death in minutes.

Blowfish poison scare returns to Japan

If prepared incorrectly, the fish can be deadly due to its naturally lethal levels of the poison tetrodotoxin.

Culinary sightseeing in Japan

Tetrodotoxin poisoning associated with eating puffer fish transported from Japan--California, 1996.

Saxitoxin puffer fish poisoning in the United States, with the first ...

This suggests that tetrodotoxin helps flatworms kill, but it doesn't protect adult flatworms from being eaten.

Killer flatworms hunt with poison

Tetrodotoxin and other toxins from marine organisms have caught the attention of biomedical researchers for basic research and drug development.

Killer flatworm: new species hunts with puffer fish toxin