×
GreekEnglish

×
  • Politics
  • Diaspora
  • World
  • Lifestyle
  • Travel
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Cooking
Tuesday
23
Dec 2025
weather symbol
Athens 12°C
  • Home
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • World
  • Diaspora
  • Lifestyle
  • Travel
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Mediterranean Cooking
  • Weather
Contact follow Protothema:
Powered by Cloudevo
> Uncategorized

Crete: locals catch giant silver-cheeked toadfish with enough poison to kill 30 people

More toxic than the cobra and more deadly than the scorpion - with no known antidote

Newsroom November 2 05:22

A giant silver-cheeked toadfish over half a meter in length was caught on Sunday in the port of Heraklion, Crete, according to local sources.

According to fishingmania.gr, the silver-cheeked toadfish, which has inundated the eastern shores of Crete as well as other parts of Greece, is the second most toxic creature in the world.  Its toxin is 1250 times stronger than cyanide and there is no known antidote.

In addition to posing a serious threat to the ecosystem, this extremely invasive fish species is very dangerous to man.  More toxic than the cobra and deadlier than the scorpion, one silver-cheeked toadfish contains enough poison to kill 30 people.

Ask me anything

Explore related questions

#crete#ecosystem#fish#fishing#greece#Heraklion#poisonous fish#silver-cheeked toadfish
> More Uncategorized

Follow en.protothema.gr on Google News and be the first to know all the news

See all the latest News from Greece and the World, the moment they happen, at en.protothema.gr

> Latest Stories

The sarcophagus over Chernobyl will not withstand a direct hit by a missile or drone, says the director of the

December 23, 2025

US announces tariffs on microchips imported from China from 2027

December 23, 2025

Russia and the US have not yet found solutions to “troublesome” issues in their relations, Moscow says

December 23, 2025

Video of the French Navy raid on the ship of the Greek “Escobar”

December 23, 2025

Turkey: Private jet with Libya’s Chief of General Staff lost from radar

December 23, 2025

Ryanair fined €256 million by Italy for abusing dominant market position

December 23, 2025

6th Meeting of Catechumens and distribution of catechetical material in Stockholm

December 23, 2025

The cost of blockades to the market reaches €200 million per week, with Thessaly suffering the greatest damage

December 23, 2025
All News

> World

The sarcophagus over Chernobyl will not withstand a direct hit by a missile or drone, says the director of the

The New Security Enclosure was severely damaged in a Russian drone attack last February

December 23, 2025

Russia and the US have not yet found solutions to “troublesome” issues in their relations, Moscow says

December 23, 2025

Turkey: Private jet with Libya’s Chief of General Staff lost from radar

December 23, 2025

Where Christianity is still Persecuted: Beheadings in Mozambique, underage sex slaves in the Occupied Cyprus, churches burned in Nigeria, rapes in Pakistan

December 23, 2025

Our army will remain in Gaza, says Israeli Defence Minister

December 23, 2025
Homepage
PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION POLICY COOKIES POLICY TERM OF USE
Powered by Cloudevo
Copyright © 2025 Πρώτο Θέμα