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Choosing weapons to fight freezing: to freeze or half freeze, the European lizard can handle it.

Le choix des armes contre le gel : geler, ne pas geler ou geler à moitié, le lézard européen est prêt à tout.

Author(s) : GRENOT C., VOITURON Y.

Type of article: Article

Summary

Cold-blooded animals get ready for winter by changing their diet and protecting their habitat. Many of them even freeze. Wood frogs can survive in a frozen state for 4 weeks. Other species (insects, reptiles) avoid freezing by lowering the freezing point of their body fluids. The European (or viviparous) lizard can choose between these two strategies.

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  • Original title: Le choix des armes contre le gel : geler, ne pas geler ou geler à moitié, le lézard européen est prêt à tout.
  • Record ID : 1999-3239
  • Languages: French
  • Source: Recherche - n. 317
  • Publication date: 1998/02
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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