Stone Fish

The stonefish has 13 sharp dorsal fin spines each with two venom glands which release the poisonous substance when the fish is disturbed or stepped on. It also has two pelvic and three anal spines hidden underneath its thick takes less than an hour for the poison to kill a human being (depending on the depth of the penetration) who would immediately suffer excruciating pain, the limbs starts to swell and as the toxin flows the vascular system gets affected and if not treated soon enough, the unfortunate victim could die due to lack of oxygen in the is called a master of camouflage as it has the ability to blend incredibly well with its surroundings because its body is covered with brown or grey skin with red or yellow patches which make it look like a part of a coral reef or an ordinary stone thus it got its name “stonefish”.