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How do animals survive freezing in winter? Discover how wood frogs and icefish use natural antifreeze in their blood in this homeschool STEM episode.
Deep under the snow-covered forest leaves, nature's most extraordinary ice chemists are brewing their own survival potions. While freezing water normally forms sharp ice crystals that can destroy living cells, the amazing wood frog turns its liver into a sweet syrup factory, flooding its cells with glucose antifreeze so it can turn 70 percent into solid ice without being harmed.
From transparent-blooded Antarctic icefish swimming in…
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