Episode
Briefing chat: Spinosaurs with salt glands could have lived in marine environments
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- Nature Podcast
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- Jun 5, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 685
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- https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01831-y
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Summary
In this episode: 00:23 Fossil evidence that spinosaurs had an aquatic lifestyle Science: Some spinosaurs cried salty tears to thrive in brackish waters 04:57 The explosive immune cells that kill in minutes Nature: Bang! Exploding immune cells splatter potent toxins everywhere Subscribe to Nature Briefing, an unmissable daily round-up of science news, opinion and analysis free in your inbox every weekday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.