00:00One rough-skinned newt holds enough deadly nerf poison to kill 25 adult humans instantly.
00:07How does a slow-moving wetland creature store chemical weapons strong enough to paralyze
00:13every muscle in your body without hurting itself?
00:17Common Sense says the poison would leak inward and kill the newt first,
00:21but its internal biology uses an impossible defense shield.
00:25Specialized sodium pumps inside its nerves feature mutated protein shapes
00:31that completely block the deadly chemical from locking onto target cells.
00:35This genetic armor renders the creature totally immune,
00:39proving that one rough-skinned newt holds enough deadly nerve poison.
