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Arctic poppies are low lying flowers that can withstand cold temperatures and that can even survive beneath the snow. They are able to do so with the aid of their specialized stems, which provides them with an additional lair of insulation that allows them to retain heat.
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Question of the Day - Thursday
Arctic poppies are low lying flowers that can withstand cold temperatures and that can even survive beneath the snow. They are able to do so with the aid of their specialized stems, which provides them with an additional lair of insulation that allows them to retain heat.
We might not think of it, but the simple act of trees going dormant and dropping their leaves in the colder seasons is adaptive. Water is less prevalent, so the supply is cut off to the leaves (which would let more water evaporate into the air).
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We might not think of it, but the simple act of trees going dormant and dropping their leaves in the colder seasons is adaptive. Water is less prevalent, so the supply is cut off to the leaves (which would let more water evaporate into the air).
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Sea Otters' fur helps them stay warm, they may have up to one million hairs per square inch! (Courtesy of the Monterey Bay Aquarium)
Seasonal damage in bone fossils suggests Neanderthals hibernated through the winter!
Seasonal damage in bone fossils suggests Neanderthals hibernated through the winter!
Google Fu has provided me with the following information about evergreens:
Various strategies allow evergreens to weather the drying winds and freezing temperatures of winter. Conifers have needlelike leaves that expose less surface to cold, drying winds than broader leaves. Their needles, stems, and roots are filled with “botanical antifreeze” in the form of resinous chemicals. Conical shapes minimize buildups of snow or ice.
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https://smokymountainnews.com/archives/item/15153-adaptation-helps-plants-weather-the-cold
Google Fu has provided me with the following information about evergreens:
Various strategies allow evergreens to weather the drying winds and freezing temperatures of winter. Conifers have needlelike leaves that expose less surface to cold, drying winds than broader leaves. Their needles, stems, and roots are filled with “botanical antifreeze” in the form of resinous chemicals. Conical shapes minimize buildups of snow or ice.
From
https://smokymountainnews.com/archives/item/15153-adaptation-helps-plants-weather-the-cold
various species of arctic and antarctic fish makes antifreeze proteins to keep their blood and tissue from freezing in the subzero (c) water. they are currently being studied in order to make more environmentally friendly anti-freeze for human use.
various species of arctic and antarctic fish makes antifreeze proteins to keep their blood and tissue from freezing in the subzero (c) water. they are currently being studied in order to make more environmentally friendly anti-freeze for human use.
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Heya @
guppygirl, I've sent ~20 fodder your way! Pick em up whenever convenient for you! Preferably before tomorrow, I've some nests to hatch.
Heya @
guppygirl, I've sent ~20 fodder your way! Pick em up whenever convenient for you! Preferably before tomorrow, I've some nests to hatch.
