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Anne Fausto Sterling · @faustosterling
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This is one of my "isn't evolution amazing" posts.
pratt.duke.edu/about/news/glas
"Glassfrogs make themselves transparent while they rest by taking red blood cells from circulation and concealing them in their livers...“When glassfrogs are resting, their muscles and skin become transparent, and their bones, eyes and internal organs are all that’s visible,”

#evolution #glassfrogs #transparency #camofluage #wherestheblood #itshidingintheliver

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FrogyUK · @Frogyukgreen
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Scientists find secrets how the glass frog turn transparent while sleeping may hold clues for understandingblood clotting in humans.

bbc.co.uk/news/science-environ

#environment #science #glassfrogs #glassfrog

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RashaKamel · @RashaKamel
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"New research shows that glassfrogs—known for their highly transparent undersides and muscles—perform their “disappearing acts” by stowing away nearly all of their red blood cells into their uniquely reflective livers'.


eurekalert.org/news-releases/9

#glassfrogs #liver #blood

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nu.nl RSS · @nunl
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Glaskikkers slaan bloed op in lever en worden doorzichtig tijdens slaap


nu.nl/-/6243832/

#glassfrogs #research #sciencenews

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