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[-] teft@piefed.social 28 points 9 hours ago

Goddamn. They produce tetrodotoxin in their skin glands. That's the same neurotoxin as puffer fish.

[-] Gonzako@lemmy.world 9 points 3 hours ago

Puffer fish don't produce it but they eat animals that do and store it for themselves

[-] spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 hours ago

If so, we gave puffer fish a cute name.

I present to you: cute roller newt

[-] swab148@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 8 hours ago

Let's throw one to a pod of dolphins

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 4 points 4 hours ago

Found the secret dolphin

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