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Weever fish – the most dangerous fish in Norway?

It is not much you need to be afraid of while spending time by the coast of Norway. No bears, no wolfs and no dangerous sharks outside the beaches. I guess stinging jellyfish and sea urchins are what most people fear the most, though you should not play with the teeth of the porbeagle or the wolf fish – nor shaking hands with crabs and lobsters. The most dangerous fish in Norwegian waters must be the weever fish – greater weever. Not because of its size, but by the fact that it is poisonous.

You don’t die if you get poisoned by a weever fish, but it is very painful. The injury also qualify to visit a doctor. Most people never get to see a weever fish, but in some areas along the Nowegian coast it is quite common. In Norway you may catch greater weever on shallow waters using baited hooks (or long lines). If you some day get a weever fish on the hook, then handle it with care. Most injuries occure while handling the fish. Remember that the weever fish has two poisonous spines on the frontal dorsal fin and one on each side of the gills.

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