{"id":591717,"date":"2022-05-11T08:00:40","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T12:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/?p=591717"},"modified":"2023-02-15T12:00:14","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T17:00:14","slug":"turning-into-frogsicles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/omg_animals\/turning-into-frogsicles\/","title":{"rendered":"Turning into Frogsicles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We see lots of frogs in the spring and summer,  but have you ever wondered what they do when the weather gets colder? Many of them hibernate, but our little wood frog buddies do things a little differently.  After they bury themselves under debris (leaves and twigs) on the forest floor, they turn themselves into frogsicles!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-image-16589\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/EN\/CA\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/wood_frog-e1676480255152.jpg\" alt=\"wood frog\"\/><figcaption>Wood Frog<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>As the temperature drops, everything the wood frog does stops. We mean EVERYTHING! It stops moving, breathing, its blood stops flowing and even its heart stops beating! During winter, 35-45% of the wood frog\u2019s body may freeze and become ice-like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It can pull this trick off by storing glucose in its liver. The glucose gets released into the frog\u2019s blood while it\u2019s \u2018playing dead\u2019, preventing its entire body from freezing. The glucose acts as antifreeze to keep this little guy alive while staying completely still. Once things warm up in the spring, the frog comes back to life (so to speak) and returns to its regular activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:28px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theearthrangersshop.com\/collections\/wildlife-adoptions\/products\/wood-frog-adoption-kit-plush-bundle?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=woodfrog&amp;utm_campaign=earth_month22\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wood-Frog-Adoption-Kit-ENG.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-591099\" width=\"228\" height=\"161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wood-Frog-Adoption-Kit-ENG.png 418w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wood-Frog-Adoption-Kit-ENG-300x211.png 300w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wood-Frog-Adoption-Kit-ENG-100x70.png 100w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wood-Frog-Adoption-Kit-ENG-200x140.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Help wood frogs with a Wildlife Adoption! <\/strong> <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Head to the <strong>Adoptions Section<\/strong> in the App or visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theearthrangersshop.com\/collections\/wildlife-adoptions\/products\/wood-frog-adoption-kit-plush-bundle?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=woodfrog&amp;utm_campaign=earth_month22\">the Earth Rangers Shop<\/a>! Get an <strong>Earth Rangers Field Notes Notebook FREE with a Plush Adoption Kit,&nbsp;<span style=\"color: #008000;\">now extended until May 15!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"173\" src=\"\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sponsorPlatesENG-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-590908\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sponsorPlatesENG-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sponsorPlatesENG-1-300x87.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We see lots of frogs in the spring and summer, but have you ever wondered what they do when the weather gets colder? Many of them hibernate, but our little wood frog buddies do things a little differently. After they bury themselves under debris (leaves and twigs) on the forest floor, they turn themselves into [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16589,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,409,931],"tags":[1414],"class_list":{"0":"post-591717","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-omg_animals","8":"category-omg-facts","9":"category-all","10":"tag-peatlands2022"},"pp_force_visibility":null,"pp_subpost_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_force_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_subpost_visibility":null,"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=591717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=591717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=591717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=591717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}