Posted on 01/09/2018 5:34:05 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT
A North Carolina swamp park has posted a video explaining how alligators survive in a frozen pond, and its both creepy and bizarre...
...The alligators seem to instinctively know when the water is about to freeze, says Howard, who is general manager of the park. They respond by sticking their nose above the surface at just the right moment, allowing the water to freeze around them.... Alligators then enter a state of brumation, like hibernating. Alligators can regulate their body temperature in all sorts of weather, park officials said, and can essentially remain frozen in place until the ice melts.
(Excerpt) Read more at tampabay.com ...
Just ask my wife, she will tell you...
LOL
If we start seeing gators in Colorado, I’ll have to get me a bigger carry gun.
Oh, thanks!
I spent a quiet night with a nearly frozen knot of snakes.
http://www.gartersnake.info/articles/2008/garter-snakes-in-winter.php
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