Briefing chat: Spinosaurs with salt glands could have lived in marine environments

About this episode

This episode discusses fossil evidence of spinosaurs' aquatic lifestyle and the role of explosive immune cells.

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.

Topics covered

• spinosaurs
• aquatic lifestyle
• immune cells
• marine environments
• fossil evidence

Keywords

• spinosaurs
• salt glands
• marine environments
• fossil evidence
• immune cells

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Springer Nature Limited

Books & works: Nature Briefing

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