It’s made of caltrops!
Behold: Pufferfish Bones
Submitted 11 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
https://mander.xyz/pictrs/image/34edd03c-b89a-48cb-aaa3-0eb164c5e10d.webp
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DigitalNirvana@lemm.ee 11 months ago
moistclump@lemmy.world 11 months ago
1847953620@lemmy.world 11 months ago
gotta find the hidden button
Zoboomafoo@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Naturally sourced caltrops
LinkOpensChest_wav@beehaw.org 11 months ago
JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Nature is so brilliant!
burntbutterbiscuits@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Is this what people mean when they say they are “big boned”
Aviandelight@mander.xyz 11 months ago
Hahaha a living bucky ball. I didn’t know I needed to see this.
A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Damaskox@kbin.social 11 months ago
Today I learned that they have bones around their tummy!
jadero@mander.xyz 11 months ago
Are you serious? They really have what amounts to an exoskeleton? Or maybe it’s more accurate to call it a whole-body rib cage?
Just searched and found this fun article. Not really a skeleton but a collection of really stiff hairs or feathers (loosely: the genes are the same ones responsible for “other skin appendages” in vertebrates).
powerofm@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Looks like it’s fake. This research paper shows a more normal skeleton, though they do apparently lack ribs and a pelvis.
girl@lemm.ee 11 months ago
I think it’s just inaccurately labeled as a skeleton. These appear to be skin spikes. www.cell.com/…/S2589-0042(19)30185-3.pdf
jadero@mander.xyz 11 months ago
Interesting. That page says “few vertebrae”, but the image makes it look to me like a full set.
On the other hand, if I found an animal with no ribs and pelvis and only the rudimentary limbs typically found in fish, I’d tend to say that the skeleton was missing. Or at least, ahem, skeletal.
Thanks. My first impression was that there was some funny business, but then I found what I thought was a decent article.
CosmicTurtle@lemmy.world 11 months ago
So you’re saying all my skin tags are just puffer fish thorns?!
Amazing…
danc4498@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Do they scare away predators also?