AMERICANALMANAC (Jack Newsome) - British tourist treated after pufferfish bite off Greek island
A British tourist was rushed for treatment after a bite while swimming off Zante, as an invasive pufferfish species spreads through Mediterranean waters and raises fresh safety alarms. The woman was in the water at Kalamaki on the Greek island of Zante when she was bitten and sought urgent care at a private clinic, The […] The post British tourist treated after pufferfish bite off Greek island appeared first on American Almanac .
A British tourist was rushed for treatment after a bite while swimming off Zante, as an invasive pufferfish species spreads through Mediterranean waters and raises fresh safety alarms. The woman was in the water at Kalamaki on the Greek island of Zante when she was bitten and sought urgent care at a private clinic, The Sun reported . She told medics she believed a monkfish had bitten her. Staff gave her first aid for the wound. Port authority sources said the incident will be investigated. No name, age, or exact date for the bite was released. The severity beyond first aid and urgent treatment was not detailed. Invasive fish moves far beyond tropical waters The silver-cheeked pufferfish, Lagocephalus sceleratus, is native to tropical…Open