Comments by "Helmuth Schultes" (@helmuthschultes9243) on "American Reacts to Unexplainable Things Unique to Australia" video.

  1. The Alice Spring regatta on the Todd River is insured for costs if cancelled by the river being in flood.
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  2. As you would by now well know, Australia can provide a life time of discovery doing and seeing, with more left over
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  3. BOAB trees are quite common in far north and also exist in Sourh America, and I may be wrong on this some in South Africa.
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  4. There are many different Puffer fish, some very spiny, others less so, and most are smooth skinned. They exist in most world oceans in warmer waters is more common. But in Japan certain types are prepared by highly trained, 10yrs min, chefs and consumed in special restaurants, known as FUGUE. Especial delicacy is the liver BUT THAT IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. I have had Fugue as part of dinner on a business trip, tasty and I am still alive. Though had made commitment to NEVER try it, it was severed as 6 slices of white translucent thin slices with spicy sauce to dip. I ate it and as common the hosts asked if I like it. I confirmed it as tasty. At that one host tried to tell what it was. He could not find a English name, instead puffed his cheeks, and it clicked to me, and replied FUGUE? They were very pleased I knew it. We talked about it for many minutes as other dishes were served. Here it is quite common when fishing in ocean waters especially nearer shore, like off jetties/wharfs, or near shallow reefs off boats, that these pesky puffer fish take the bait before edible fish have a chance. Some people end a day fishing with none or few good fish having caught many, 20 to 100 not uncommon of these pests. Here they are just called "Toadies". Being a fish that eats many shellfish they have large knowing front teeth to break into the shells, or even corals, sea stars. In fishing they even snap metal hooks, metal leaderless and regularly snipp the normal fish line nylon or twisted fibre line. The sharp teeth also can take a chuck of finger if trying to remove a hook on a caught one. My father and I often went to fish off a jetty some 50km from home as good catch of fish was common there. My dad got Toady after Toady, while I got good fish after good fish. No matter we ended the day with upto 40 or 50 good eating fish of three or four types. They puff up as defence becoming up to four times the normal size and almost balloon with fins and gasping toothy mouth. Most fishermen kill them, before throwing back as else you could end up repeatedly losing your bait or recapturing the same pest again and again. NOT A GOOD IDEA TO USE THE SAME KNIFE ON EDIBLE FISH, you can deposit the poison of the puffer into the flesh of the edible fish, as s you may die if that is then eaten! Also many deaths have occured for new migrants and even tourists, that not knowing try eating these as they caught them fishing. They are deadly to eat, baring the special Japanese methods, and they have thousands die a year of FUGUE poisoning......
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  5.  @TheTazzietiger  a valid puzzle, but that lies many centuries in history, that probably even ancient Japanese leaves undocumented. Just note for 5 years the apprentice chef practices, no one eating anything, the next 5 years, the apprentice must sample his prepared fish. So if graduating they have survived daily samples for 5 years. Only then are they licensed to serve public. Even then people die, though many of those are infact FUGUE liver, which is like Russian roulette by meal. A chef scoring too many (?) deaths is deregistered till retraining (how long?).
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