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Can a Bug Survive Freezing?

  • January 9, 2013
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

The only true insect on Antarctica is a wingless midge called Belgica antarctica. Though not even a quarter-inch long, it’s considered the continent’s largest land animal. It can survive the freezing of its body fluids — and even live without oxygen for up to four weeks!

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