Inflating Puffer Fish Sound Very Weird

If you asked me what a puffer fish sounded like, I would ask you who you were and how you got into my home. But if I had to guess, I would have definitely imagined some sort of gargling sound — a sort of guttural mix of glottal stops that, through evolution or magic, allows them to puff up to an incredible size.

What I would *not* have imagined are the sounds below. This guy loves taking puffer fish out of the water, getting them all riled up, then filming them blowing themselves up to a massive natural beach ball. While they do, they make a sound somewhere between a socket wrench and when you jack off with too much lotion.

Listen for yourself: