This Creepy Fish Packs 'Switchblades' in Its Face and Could Kill You with Its Venom
By Laura Geggel, Senior Writer | April 14, 2018 07:53am ET
This soldierfish (Gymnapistes marmoratus) has one saber in and the other saber out on either side of its head.
If you invite the venomous, armored stonefish to a party, know this: It's going to bring not one, but two "switchblades" — and it can't check them at the door, because these weapons are embedded in its skull.
Scientists recently discovered these switchblades, or "lachrymal sabers," in a group of stonefish — rare, dangerous fish that live in the coastal waters of the Indo-Pacific.
https://www.livescience.com/62305-fish-packs-switchblades-in-face.html
