My daughter said she learned this in school. If yes, what kind of frogs?
2006-12-18 16:15:49 · 17 answers · asked by briggs 1 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
Yes the wood frog an do this all of it's organs freeze then they defrost and survive again I saw it on TV while I was watching Jeff corwin.
2006-12-19 09:40:54 · answer #1 · answered by jason c 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are some species of frog that can survive after being frozen. Instead of dying when their immune system shuts down, they are able to slowly start back up when they are thawed. This is only some species, like ones that live in northern regions of the world. I don't know any specific species, but I did see a show in the Discovery Channel about this.
2006-12-18 16:25:33 · answer #2 · answered by ~*Bubbles*~ 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Scientists did find that one type of frog, the wood frog, which they discovered can be frozen solid, thawed, and will resume its life as though nothing happened. They're not really sure why, and are still studying the frog to figure out how it manages this feat.
2006-12-18 16:44:21 · answer #3 · answered by Dreamer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first answerer is correct. The Wood Frog is truly amazing. I saw it on some nature show (probably the Discovery Channel), and the thing looked rock solid and x-rays and MRIs of it showed that its innards had largely solidified into ice.
Then...somehow...it comes back to life. Truth is stranger than fiction.
2006-12-18 16:25:59 · answer #4 · answered by CO_Hiker 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I've seen this on TV, don't remember what kind of frogs.
2006-12-18 16:24:06 · answer #5 · answered by cutie pie 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yep...
The Wood Frog
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_Frog
http://www.units.muohio.edu/cryolab/projects/WoodFrogFreezingSurvivalVideoLow.htm
2006-12-18 16:18:49 · answer #6 · answered by xricexmanx 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No there are no species of frogs that can live after they are frozen. Although there are types of frogs that live underneath rocks and dies when they are exposed to air.
2006-12-18 16:19:31 · answer #7 · answered by ... 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
The happy frog of the outer antarctic equatorial region.
2006-12-18 16:23:44 · answer #8 · answered by dogmatitans 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I have leperod frogs in my pond and they freeze every winter.
2006-12-18 16:19:17 · answer #9 · answered by danp 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes they can. all of there organs freeze simultaneously and when they thaw out there organs start to work again and this is with most frog species.
2006-12-18 16:23:45 · answer #10 · answered by psycho_rhonda 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋