When red-eared sliders sink to the bottom of a frozen pond for winter they reduce many biological systems to minimum life support and now it turns out that they temporarily lose their sight due to lack of oxygen but retain hearing

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https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/226/7/jeb245748/307082

For the full research article by Ariel, Ahuja and Warren go to https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/226/7/jeb244687/307083