Puffer Fish and Otter Interaction

In a Tanzanian river, a puffer fish faces a river otter predator. The otter attempts to eat the puffer fish, but the fish inflates itself, becoming too large and difficult to consume. This defense mechanism not only saves the puffer fish but also prevents the otter from ingesting its poisonous gallbladder, which would be fatal to both. Ultimately, the otter abandons its pursuit, and the puffer fish survives.

Where does the interaction between the puffer fish and the otter take place?

• Great Barrier Reef

• Yellowstone National Park

• River Delta in Tanzania, Africa

• Amazon River

What is the otter's initial intention with the puffer fish?

• To have it as a meal

• To protect it

• To make it a pet

• To play with it

How does the puffer fish defend itself from the otter?

• By changing its color

• By hiding under rocks

• By inflating itself like a beach ball

• By swimming away quickly

What is the otter's reaction to the puffer fish's defense?

• It calls for help

• It gets confused and gives up

• It becomes more aggressive

• It tries to deflate the fish

What is the irony in the interaction between the puffer fish and the otter?

• The otter ends up protecting the puffer fish

• The puffer fish saves both itself and the otter

• The puffer fish becomes the otter's pet

• The otter becomes friends with the puffer fish

What would happen if the otter ate the puffer fish?

• Both the otter and the puffer fish would die

• The otter would become stronger

• The otter would become immune to poison

• The otter would become sick