Baby tiger puffers released into Osaka Bay in first attempt

Baby tiger puffers released into Osaka Bay in first attempt

Hirotaka Tsujimura, a researcher at the Osaka prefectural government's Research Institute of Environment, Agriculture and Fisheries, releases tiger puffer fry into Osaka Bay off Kaizuka, western Japan, on July 1, 2015, in the first attempt to do so in the area. They grow to be adult fish in about two years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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