Goddamn. They produce tetrodotoxin in their skin glands. That’s the same neurotoxin as puffer fish.
The best defense
Submitted 1 day ago by Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net to science_memes@mander.xyz
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teft@piefed.social 1 day ago
Gonzako@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
Puffer fish don’t produce it but they eat animals that do and store it for themselves
swab148@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Let’s throw one to a pod of dolphins
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 19 hours ago
Found the secret dolphin
spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works 22 hours ago
If so, we gave puffer fish a cute name.
I present to you: cute roller newt
ICastFist@programming.dev 1 day ago
That newt is all wet, too. What a slut
200ok@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Brown-eye of newt
FooBarrington@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
Squirt of lemon
noname_yet2077@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
starik@lemmy.zip 1 day 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.
FreshLight@sh.itjust.works 22 hours 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 day ago
“Send newts”
Instructions unclear.