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Things are picking up at the Seasonal Pond at Creamer's Field. I guess spring has sprung!
The wood frogs are thawed (remember they freeze solid in the winter) and are now getting frisky. They were making quite a song.
These guys have one of the more extraordinary adaptations to survive the winter. In the fall as the temperatures fall, their bodies convert their sugars into a glycogen a kind of antifreeze. The cell walls are then lined with this antifreeze to keep the cells from bursting when they freeze. Then they borrow into the mud and freeze solid for the winter only to thaw out and resume life in the spring.
wood frog_5R4A5948
Things are picking up at the Seasonal Pond at Creamer's Field. I guess spring has sprung!
The wood frogs are thawed (remember they freeze solid in the winter) and are now getting frisky. They were making quite a song.
These guys have one of the more extraordinary adaptations to survive the winter. In the fall as the temperatures fall, their bodies convert their sugars into a glycogen a kind of antifreeze. The cell walls are then lined with this antifreeze to keep the cells from bursting when they freeze. Then they borrow into the mud and freeze solid for the winter only to thaw out and resume life in the spring.