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by durai raja on April 6th, 2005

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How do the animals in the polar regions tolerate the cold?

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  • by lynnenorth on December 28th, 2005

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    Some animals, for example teleost fishes (like the rock cod Pagothenia borchgrevinki) and some insect species, produce proteins which act as natural antifreezes and metabolic enzymes which actually function best at very low temperatures. See, for example, the specialist book on fish antifreeze proteins by Kathryn Ewart at http://www.worldscibooks.com/lifesci/4917.html.

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