F8 Puffer Puffing up?
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F8 Puffer Puffing up?
hey so i was just wondering do F8P really puff up? When they puff up are they spiky? How often do they puff up? If you have any picks of one puffing up i would love to see it
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Re: F8 Puffer Puffing up?
They do puff, not spiny like the porcupine puffer, just tiny spines. No-one could tell you how often an individual would puff. Practice puffs are slow and not really stressful, but don't allow anyone to make yours puff as this can be fatal
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Re: F8 Puffer Puffing up?
Check out this video of a GSP who are virtually identical to the Fig8 despite the markings. viewtopic.php?f=11&t=30119
WARNING: Puffers are mischievous little blimps with enchanting powers. You may not be content with having just one.
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Re: F8 Puffer Puffing up?
I don't really consider F-8s and GSPs nearly identical at all. The spines are similar, but so are most puffers. IME, I have seen more GSPs "practice puffing" than F-8s, even though I have kept many more F-8s.
Porcupines are not really puffers, they are in a different group/family, the burrfish. Their fused dental plates are distinctly different from the puffers, as are their spines. There are other differences as well, but those are the naked-eye obvious ones between the two broad groups. SFAIK, all the burrfish are still marine, none have adapted to FW as have some of the four-touthed group.
Porcupines are not really puffers, they are in a different group/family, the burrfish. Their fused dental plates are distinctly different from the puffers, as are their spines. There are other differences as well, but those are the naked-eye obvious ones between the two broad groups. SFAIK, all the burrfish are still marine, none have adapted to FW as have some of the four-touthed group.
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