Goddamn. They produce tetrodotoxin in their skin glands. That’s the same neurotoxin as puffer fish.
The best defense
Submitted 2 months ago by Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net to science_memes@mander.xyz
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teft@piefed.social 2 months ago
Gonzako@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Puffer fish don’t produce it but they eat animals that do and store it for themselves
swab148@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Let’s throw one to a pod of dolphins
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 months ago
Found the secret dolphin
spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
If so, we gave puffer fish a cute name.
I present to you: cute roller newt
ICastFist@programming.dev 2 months ago
That newt is all wet, too. What a slut
200ok@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Brown-eye of newt
FooBarrington@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Squirt of lemon
starik@lemmy.zip 2 months 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 2 months ago
FreshLight@sh.itjust.works 2 months 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 2 months ago
“Send newts”
Instructions unclear.