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> No heartbeat. No breathing. For the entire winter, the wood frog is like a lump of hard, frigid, icy stone carved in the shape of a frog. But it’s alive, in a
by wkjagt 2y ago
> No heartbeat. No breathing. For the entire winter, the wood frog is like a lump of hard, frigid, icy stone carved in the shape of a frog. But it’s alive, in a state of suspended animation.
I find it hard to grasp what is still alive about the frog. I mean, it's not dead so there must be something happening inside the frozen frog? How does it compare to a dead (and frozen) wood frog?
- fhfjfk 2y agoA live frozen frog has ice around it's cells. Inside the cells remains liquid because of extra glucose acting as anti-freeze. A dead frozen frog will be frozen completely, with all the cells having ruptured walls from their insides freezing.