Goddamn. They produce tetrodotoxin in their skin glands. That’s the same neurotoxin as puffer fish.
The best defense
Submitted 1 month ago by Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net to science_memes@mander.xyz
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teft@piefed.social 1 month ago
Gonzako@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Puffer fish don’t produce it but they eat animals that do and store it for themselves
swab148@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Let’s throw one to a pod of dolphins
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 month ago
Found the secret dolphin
spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
If so, we gave puffer fish a cute name.
I present to you: cute roller newt
ICastFist@programming.dev 1 month ago
That newt is all wet, too. What a slut
200ok@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Brown-eye of newt
FooBarrington@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Squirt of lemon
starik@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
That yellow color probably scares birds away. All of the local predators are descendants of individuals who just happened to be scared of that color for some reason, and they were the only ones who didn’t eat the poison.
noname_yet2077@lemmy.world 1 month ago
FreshLight@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Something tells me that this photo caused r34 but I cannot bring myself to look it up. I’ll live in blissful ignorance until I encounter it in the wild.
BierSoggyBeard@feddit.online 1 month ago
“Send newts”
Instructions unclear.