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Scientists use 'Jurassic Park' experiment to try to bring woolly mammoth back from the dead
dailymail.co.uk ^ | May 2, 2010 | David Derbyshire

Posted on 05/03/2010 10:18:11 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

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61 posted on 05/05/2010 4:29:31 PM PDT by SunkenCiv ("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
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62 posted on 05/10/2010 3:34:10 PM PDT by SunkenCiv ("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
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Wood Frogs

Similar to other northern frogs that hibernate close to the surface in soil and/or leaf litter, wood frogs can tolerate the freezing of their blood and other tissues. Urea is accumulated in tissues in preparation for overwintering, and liver glycogen is converted in large quantities to glucose in response to internal ice formation. Both urea and glucose act as “cryoprotectants” to limit the amount of ice that forms and to reduce osmotic shrinkage of cells. Frogs can survive many freeze/thaw events during winter if not more than about 65% of the total body water freezes.


63 posted on 05/10/2010 3:50:33 PM PDT by visualops (Freepin' on my Pre!)
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Thanks visualops.
64 posted on 05/10/2010 4:29:21 PM PDT by SunkenCiv ("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
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