Off to hit the slopes for a few hours this afternoon. Skiing in cold, frigid temperatures clears my head - so it’s a MUST DO for the day!
In the meantime - did you know that the tree frog freezes solid in the winter? It’s true - - frozen solid. Scientists say that, before winter comes, the frogs eat ravenously, storing a starch in their livers. A freeze triggers their bodies to convert the starch into other compounds, most often glucose, or blood sugar.
The glucose lowers the freezing temperature of water inside the frogs’ cells. Because of this, the cells stay liquid, even as ice fills the space around them. This is crucial: If the water inside the cells froze, scientists say, the jagged ice crystals would destroy everything inside, killing the frog.
Medical researchers say they hope to copy these long- term freezing abilities to add hours or days to the time that human organs can be preserved.
8:24 pm on January 16th, 2005
Jealous of the skiing…My husband took my oldest son tubing today, but there is NO good snow yet. Grrr….
9:19 am on January 17th, 2005
wow. i didn’t know the tree frogs can do that. tree frog popsicles anyone? and due to the amount of glucose in their blood… they’re likely to taste sweet. no?
anyhow, i wish it’d snow here in singapore. i’d like to try skiing or even just to touch snow. snowball fights. stuffs i can only dream of.
9:46 am on January 17th, 2005
Thank you Lisa Claven! :mrgreen::razz:
6:32 pm on January 18th, 2005
Inspired by Dana at Note It Posts.
Wonderful World (Don’t Know Much)
sung by Sam Cooke
Don’t know much about history
Don’t know much biology
Don’t know much about science book
Don’t know much about the French I took