If it's cold outside, we can throw on a jacket, turn up the heat, or stay inside, but how do animals and plants handle the cold? Join Marvin and Gabrielle as they talk about the different strategies, adaptations, and abilities different animals and plants have to cope with the cold!
Here are a few websites for more information:
- Surviving cold weather:
http://thescienceexplorer.com/nature/fat-fur-and-feathers-how-animals-survive-winter-polar-vortex-or-not
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/animals-weather-winter-cold-reindeer
https://wildmaryland101.blogspot.com/2013/03/md-naturalists-notes-how-do-animals.html
- Cellular antifreeze:
https://pdb101.rcsb.org/motm/120
- The amazing skunk cabbage:
https://www.knowyouroots.com/ijustgottashare/2019/04/16/thermogenesis-and-skunk-cabbage-simply-brilliant/
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