Even if that was the correct way to --- a puffer, I am still laughing. You couldn't pay me enough to count the spines. When I was a newbie I totally believed somthing along those lines, and I still laugh about it. Ok I'll share (not like I am doing anything else):
I asked do seahorses bite?
Reply: Only vampire seahorses bite
I said: oh really how cool. I want to see a picture does anyone have one??
Reply: Seahorses don't have teeth.
My answer: I am a huge dumb@$$
Reply: Great now the message board is going to be full of pix of vampire seahorses.
*We aren't making fun of anyone, a good laugh is fun every now and then. If you want to kow about sexing puffers, you could goto
www.porcupinepuffer.com, and read about them there, or you can email the guy that runs the site. He is very helpful. When my puffer was sick he help me with everything that he could. You could ask them, they know alot.