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[-] teft@piefed.social 6 points 1 hour ago

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

[-] swab148@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 hour ago

Let's throw one to a pod of dolphins

[-] BierSoggyBeard@feddit.online 12 points 2 hours ago

"Send newts"

Instructions unclear.

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 7 points 2 hours ago

That newt is all wet, too. What a slut

[-] 200ok@lemmy.world 14 points 3 hours ago

Brown-eye of newt

[-] starik@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 hours 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.

this post was submitted on 08 Apr 2026
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