An Old Farmer's Story

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Gary Bills
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Re: An Old Farmer's Story

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Nigel Rainton wrote: Thu Dec 06, 2018 10:56 pm I think it is a myth. As the water temperature drops to 4.2 degrees at the bottom of a lake, fish metabolism slows right down. They are torpid. They need little oxygen and only open their gills occasionally. In mud they would suffocate.
I tend to agree. :Hat:

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Olly wrote: Thu Dec 06, 2018 11:04 pm If frogs can freeze right through and survive - what next?

These are Canadian frogs tho! Being experimented upon with a view to space travel!
I don't think a frog could fly a space rocket :tea:

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A man with a transfusion of frog's blood ------------------

Or the other way around --------------------

All he needed was a kiss - the handsome Prince!

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