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Biological Miracle – Wood Frog

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503 points thunderbong | 2 comments | 15 Nov 24 18:16 UTC | HN request time: 0.399s | source
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redundantly ◴[15 Nov 24 20:56 UTC] No.42150925[source]▶
> ...the wood frog’s liver produces large amounts of glucose that flushes into every cell in its body. This syrupy sugar solution prevents the cells from freezing...

All natural, no preservatives added, sweetened frog popsicles! Yummy!

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1. crazygringo ◴[15 Nov 24 21:26 UTC] No.42151292[source]▶
I'm not even joking about this -- since frog legs are a thing people eat (taste kinda like chicken), I'm now incredibly curious what this would taste like if you "caught" these in their frozen state and cooked them.

Are we taking syrupy sweet meat? Or just a hint of it?

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2. lIl-IIIl ◴[15 Nov 24 22:12 UTC] No.42151805[source]▶
According to the video in https://shakerlakes.org/frozen-frogs, it's also full of urine. Not sure if any left after the cooking process.