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The Iberian ribbed newt likes doing regular newt things, like living in ponds and eating worms. But when they’re threatened by a predator, they basically become the newt version of Wolverine from X-Men.
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Sources:
animaldiversity.org/accounts/Lithobates_sylvaticus
smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/deep-sea-snail-iron-shell-first-creature-declared-endangered-ocean-mining-180972727
amphibiaweb.org/cgi/amphib_query?where-genus=Pleurodeles&where-species=waltl
zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1469-7998.2009.00631.x
https://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/side_0_0/aposematic_01
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0273117702003927?via%3Dihub
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5741667
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2946045
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6359409
doi.org/10.1016/j.molimm.2013.06.011
cosis.net/abstracts/COSPAR2006/00654/COSPAR2006-A-00654.pdf
http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/pdf/1994ESASP.366..171D
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0273117702003927?via%3Dihub
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0273117701003842?via%3Dihub
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Images:
storyblocks.com/video/stock/european-bee-eater-sitting-on-the-branch-southern-europe-nature-sjbx8nihippfwehp
storyblocks.com/video/stock/fish-scouring-ocean-floor-zwcqsud
youtu.be/ofSdw5V21Ek
youtu.be/OS6DuwYYaXM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chrysomallon_squamiferum_2.png
youtu.be/3_JEd7cOa9c
istockphoto.com/vector/world-map-silhouette-in-grey-isolated-on-white-background-gm1181058414-331108583
youtu.be/3-JZjmzzSNc
istockphoto.com/photo/spanish-ribbed-newt-gm604825666-103811461
youtu.be/qRlY8L-qQfM
zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1469-7998.2009.00631.x
storyblocks.com/video/stock/amazon-climbing-salamander-bolitoglossa-altamazonica-in-rainforest-in-the-ecuadorian-amazon-nxyub9o2lilkbvroa
istockphoto.com/photo/spanish-ribbed-newt-gm1005523454-271470419
istockphoto.com/photo/spanish-ribbed-newt-on-white-gm177781716-23939503
storyblocks.com/video/stock/ecuadorian-poison-frog-ameerega-bilinguis-in-tropical-rainforest-in-the-ecuadorian-amazon-hzllyoidlk8ma1bbl
storyblocks.com/video/stock/wasp-video-stock-footage-eoqtvatdlijsm2hpm
youtu.be/oiSqYOHVRyM
nature.com/articles/ncomms11069#Sec8
researchgate.net/publication/325768882_Spatio-temporal_neural_stem_cell_behavior_that_leads_to_both_perfect_and_imperfect_structural_brain_regeneration_in_adult_newts
flickr.com/photos/frank-wouters/3249777527/in/photolist-5XaXD2
http://www.imbp.ru/
http://idbras.ru/
nasa.gov/ames
usgs.gov/media/images/rough-skinned-newt-defensive-posture-epa-ponds-corvallis-or
nature.com/articles/ncomms11069#Sec8
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Painted_Ensatina_(Ensatina_eschscholtzii_picta)_-_Flickr_-_GregTheBusker_(2).jpg
The Iberian ribbed newt likes doing regular newt things, like living in ponds and eating worms. But when they’re threatened by a predator, they basically become the newt version of Wolverine from X-Men.
Would you like an Iberian ribbed newt pin? https://complexly.store/products/bizarre-beasts-pin-iberian-ribbed-newt
Subscribe to the pin club here: https://complexly.store/products/bizarre-beasts-pin-subscription
This month's pin is designed by Paola Harris. You can find out more about her and her work here: https://linktr.ee/paolaspixels
You can cancel any time by emailing hello@dftba.com
Host: Sarah Suta (she/her)
Follow us on socials:
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bizarrebeastsshow.bsky.social
Instagram: instagram.com/bizarrebeastsshow
Facebook: facebook.com/BizarreBeastsShow
#Newts #BizarreBeasts #AnimalsInSpace #amphibians
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Sources:
animaldiversity.org/accounts/Lithobates_sylvaticus
smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/deep-sea-snail-iron-shell-first-creature-declared-endangered-ocean-mining-180972727
amphibiaweb.org/cgi/amphib_query?where-genus=Pleurodeles&where-species=waltl
zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1469-7998.2009.00631.x
https://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/side_0_0/aposematic_01
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0273117702003927?via%3Dihub
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5741667
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2946045
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6359409
doi.org/10.1016/j.molimm.2013.06.011
cosis.net/abstracts/COSPAR2006/00654/COSPAR2006-A-00654.pdf
http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/pdf/1994ESASP.366..171D
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0273117702003927?via%3Dihub
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0273117701003842?via%3Dihub
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Images:
storyblocks.com/video/stock/european-bee-eater-sitting-on-the-branch-southern-europe-nature-sjbx8nihippfwehp
storyblocks.com/video/stock/fish-scouring-ocean-floor-zwcqsud
youtu.be/ofSdw5V21Ek
youtu.be/OS6DuwYYaXM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chrysomallon_squamiferum_2.png
youtu.be/3_JEd7cOa9c
istockphoto.com/vector/world-map-silhouette-in-grey-isolated-on-white-background-gm1181058414-331108583
youtu.be/3-JZjmzzSNc
istockphoto.com/photo/spanish-ribbed-newt-gm604825666-103811461
youtu.be/qRlY8L-qQfM
zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1469-7998.2009.00631.x
storyblocks.com/video/stock/amazon-climbing-salamander-bolitoglossa-altamazonica-in-rainforest-in-the-ecuadorian-amazon-nxyub9o2lilkbvroa
istockphoto.com/photo/spanish-ribbed-newt-gm1005523454-271470419
istockphoto.com/photo/spanish-ribbed-newt-on-white-gm177781716-23939503
storyblocks.com/video/stock/ecuadorian-poison-frog-ameerega-bilinguis-in-tropical-rainforest-in-the-ecuadorian-amazon-hzllyoidlk8ma1bbl
storyblocks.com/video/stock/wasp-video-stock-footage-eoqtvatdlijsm2hpm
youtu.be/oiSqYOHVRyM
nature.com/articles/ncomms11069#Sec8
researchgate.net/publication/325768882_Spatio-temporal_neural_stem_cell_behavior_that_leads_to_both_perfect_and_imperfect_structural_brain_regeneration_in_adult_newts
flickr.com/photos/frank-wouters/3249777527/in/photolist-5XaXD2
http://www.imbp.ru/
http://idbras.ru/
nasa.gov/ames
usgs.gov/media/images/rough-skinned-newt-defensive-posture-epa-ponds-corvallis-or
nature.com/articles/ncomms11069#Sec8
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Painted_Ensatina_(Ensatina_eschscholtzii_picta)_-_Flickr_-_GregTheBusker_(2).jpg
