Man Dies After Eating Poisonous Fish

[mrmoshe]

A man has died in north Queensland after eating what is believed to be a poisonous toadfish.

The 45-year-old Fijian man caught the fish off a jetty near Bowen on Sunday, police said.

He filleted and cooked the fish on a barbecue on Sunday afternoon before collapsing on the beachfront.

An ambulance took him to Bowen Hospital but, despite attempts to revive him, he died at 6.15pm (AEST) that day.

Two other men who were with him at the barbecue survived.

It was not known how much of the fish, if any, they had eaten.

A post-mortem examination is being conducted.

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Pete.

[wettingaline]

geez, thats a very australian way to die isnt it.....

[mrmoshe]

geez, thats a very australian way to die isnt it.....

Also, how the hell do you fillet a toady?

Must have been bloody thin fillets.

Pete.

[Mondo Rock]

Seems like Australia consistently loses about one person per year from this particular mistake.

I just find it odd that anyone could look at a toadfish and consider it tableworthy.

[harold]

i am with you, how could you think a Toad looks like a fish thats worth eating? Mind you i am aware of what the Japanese do to them as i lived in Japan for a year. Never tried it myself as i just couldn't possible put my mouth near the stinking things. Yuk!