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Biological Miracle – Wood Frog

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501 points thunderbong | 2 comments | 15 Nov 24 18:16 UTC | HN request time: 0.458s | source
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metalman ◴[15 Nov 24 19:08 UTC] No.42149862[source]▶
cant even call that hibernation. There are other knock on advantages to bieng frozen solid, it would slow down and even kill a lot of infectious microbes.It may convey a certain life extension benifit. And threre is not much behavioral adaptation needed,frog gets chilly, snuggles under a leaf,freezes solid, gets defrosted 8 months later and wakes up hungry and horny, not bad.
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1. flir ◴[15 Nov 24 21:43 UTC] No.42151482[source]▶
> It may convey a certain life extension benefit.

I think it would be more interesting if it doesn't affect lifespan. It would be a really counter-intuitive result (to me).

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2. metalman ◴[16 Nov 24 09:33 UTC] No.42155498[source]▶
either way, or any info that could be gathered about life expectancy due to cryosuspension hibernation, is good, even a null result is data that plays into many conversations about longevity, space travel, temporary medical suspension to buy time. The fact of this type of biological process, moves the brackets quite a bit in how to think about many? all? other biological processes. Here is a little game....try and think about the world from a wood frogs perspective