Silver-Cheeked Toadfish

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Silver-Cheeked Toadfish

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Never touch it and never eat it - its flesh contains tetrodotoxin, one of the most potent natural toxins, with no antidote, which can cause muscle paralysis and respiratory failure. Attacks on humans are extremely rare and usually only happen if someone tries to feed or handle it; if you encounter one while snorkelling, simply back away calmly.

A large, rounded fish with a smooth, greyish-green back and silver belly, able to inflate its body into a ball when it senses danger. It is a Lessepsian migrant (it reached the Mediterranean via the Suez Canal) that has been repeatedly recorded in the Thracian Sea - one was even caught by a fisherman in Makri in 2017.

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From April to June and from September to October you get warm days, calm sea, and fewer crowds. July and August are hot and busy along the seafront, while winters stay mild but rainy.