Lytternes Dyr: Ribbenssalamanderen med de giftige ribben?

<p>Den spanske ribbenssalamander har en af de mest bizarre forsvarsstrategier i hele dyreriget. Når et rovdyr angriber, kan den nemlig bruge <strong>sine egne ribben som knive</strong>!</p><p>I dette afsnit af <strong>Lytternes Dyr</strong> fortæller jeg 3 vilde facts om den spanske ribbenssalamander – fra dens giftige ribben og mærkelige forsvar til dens imponerende evne til at reparere sin egen krop.</p><p>Tak til Alfred og Louis for forslaget!</p><p><strong>Kilder</strong></p><p>(1) Pedro Beja et al. 2009. Pleurodeles waltl. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species2009: e.T59463A11926338. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T59463A11926338.en" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T59463A11926338.en</a></p><p>(2) Ikuta, H., Uemasu, H., Kyakuno, M., Satoh, Y., Namba, N., Takeuchi, T., &amp; Hayashi, T. (2023). Step-by-step protocol for alternative injury models in newt cardiac regeneration. Development, Growth &amp; Differentiation, 65(5), 266–271. <a href="https://doi-org.zorac.aub.aau.dk/10.1111/dgd.12854" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://doi-org.zorac.aub.aau.dk/10.1111/dgd.12854</a></p><p>(3) Zamora-Camacho, F. J. (2023). <em>Contextualising the bizarre: The integrated functioning of rib puncture as an antipredator defence in the Iberian ribbed newt (_Pleurodeles waltl</em>)<em>. _Freshwater Biology</em>, 68, 462–472. <a href="https://doi-org.zorac.aub.aau.dk/10.1111/fwb.14039" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://doi-org.zorac.aub.aau.dk/10.1111/fwb.14039</a></p><p>(4) <a href="https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/reptiles/spanish-ribbed-newt" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/reptiles/spanish-ribbed-newt</a></p><p>(5) <a href="https://www.iflscience.com/the-iberian-ribbed-newt-might-just-have-the-worlds-most-metal-defense-mechanism-80275" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.iflscience.com/the-iberian-ribbed-newt-might-just-have-the-worlds-most-metal-defense-mechanism-80275</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>