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Can you stop breathing? Frogs can………for winter
Things are dead if they stop breathing right? How about if their heart stops? I think I’d be pretty dead if my heart and breathing stopped for too long, in fact humans have only got about 4 minutes to be … Continue reading
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Tagged antifreeze, breathing, bugsicle, carbon dioxide, cryogenic, freeze, freezing, frog, frostbite, glucose, herpetology, hibernation, insect, oxygen, physiology, Rana sylvatica, reanimation, respiration, respiratory physiology, sub-zero, urea, winter, wood frog
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Insects and Plants Use the Same Strategy for Breathing Underwater
Check out this great article on insects and plants breathing underwater! Insects and Plants Use the Same Strategy for Breathing Underwater.
Posted in how animals breathe
Tagged breathing, insect, oxygen, physiology, plant, water breathing
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No lungs, no gills: how do insects breathe?
They may make your skin crawl and you might wish to think of them as a lower life form, but insects have a remarkably elegant and simple way of delivering oxygen to their body and removing the carbon dioxide waste. … Continue reading
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Tagged animal, breathe, breathing, bugs, carbon dioxide, circulatory system, conserve energy, convection, Deinacrida hetacantha, diffusion, giant Weta, insect, oxygen, physiology, respiration, respiratory physiology, respiratory system, spiracle, trachae, trachaea
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