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The crocodile icefish has clear blood, a genetic mutation that should have meant GAME OVER, but it didn't. It just happened in the right place at the right time.
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Sources:
youtube.com/watch?v=WpIe8_pUSu4
https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/vertebrates/vertfr.html
nature.com/articles/nature01264
phys.org/news/2010-07-biologists-red-blooded-vertebrates-evolved-independently.html
quantamagazine.org/icefish-study-adds-another-color-to-the-story-of-blood-20190422
smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/some-reason-these-lizards-have-toxic-green-blood-180969103
advances.sciencemag.org/content/4/5/eaao5017
link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00300-005-0019-z
fishbase.org/summary/Champsocephalus-esox.html
jeb.biologists.org/content/209/10/1791
courses.lumenlearning.com/cheminter/chapter/how-temperature-influences-solubility
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3145266/#__sec3title
science.sciencemag.org/content/332/6033/1076
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.476.7428&rep=rep1&type=pdf
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storyblocks.com/video/stock/glass-frog-hyalinobatrachium-sp-ntzqjdojeil63eq09
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storyblocks.com/video/stock/alive-king-crab-in-water-closeup-bi_wgnmdeiyqkw72a
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Guangzhou-Beihai-shaochong-0459.jpg
storyblocks.com/video/stock/bank-with-medical-leeches-rxkkkchiwj5ki700x
eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/170184.php
vimeo.com/339460082
istockphoto.com/vector/earth-globe-with-white-world-map-and-blue-seas-and-oceans-focused-on-antarctica-with-gm938866742-256724403
youtu.be/sti05y9TF_Q
youtu.be/6dKB40hYlrs
vimeo.com/showcase/6097689/video/344909205
storyblocks.com/video/stock/white-fronted-capuchin-monkeys-cebus-albifrons-in-the-ecuadorian-amazon-4mufupt2eill8ctls
storyblocks.com/video/stock/life-of-wild-monkeys-in-the-indonesian-jungle-sgbafztaqjp29p4an
storyblocks.com/video/stock/daughter-on-hands-father-picking-orange-at-fruit-orchard-harvesting-orange-sbtvro9xgjaj6trku
youtu.be/UevnAq1MTVA
svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3884
istockphoto.com/photo/frosty-pattern-on-a-window-gm489695042-74800847
The crocodile icefish has clear blood, a genetic mutation that should have meant GAME OVER, but it didn't. It just happened in the right place at the right time.
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This month's pin is designed by Reimena Yee. You can find out more about her and her work here: reimenayee.com
You can cancel any time by emailing hello@dftba.com
Host: Hank Green (he/him)
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Twitter: twitter.com/bizarrebeasts
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Facebook: facebook.com/BizarreBeastsShow
#Icefish #Antarctica #BizarreBeasts #fish
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Sources:
youtube.com/watch?v=WpIe8_pUSu4
https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/vertebrates/vertfr.html
nature.com/articles/nature01264
phys.org/news/2010-07-biologists-red-blooded-vertebrates-evolved-independently.html
quantamagazine.org/icefish-study-adds-another-color-to-the-story-of-blood-20190422
smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/some-reason-these-lizards-have-toxic-green-blood-180969103
advances.sciencemag.org/content/4/5/eaao5017
link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00300-005-0019-z
fishbase.org/summary/Champsocephalus-esox.html
jeb.biologists.org/content/209/10/1791
courses.lumenlearning.com/cheminter/chapter/how-temperature-influences-solubility
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3145266/#__sec3title
science.sciencemag.org/content/332/6033/1076
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.476.7428&rep=rep1&type=pdf
------
Images:
storyblocks.com/video/stock/glass-frog-hyalinobatrachium-sp-ntzqjdojeil63eq09
storyblocks.com/video/stock/giant-octopus-spreads-tentacles-suction-attach-on-glass-at-the-aquarium-439doqxwe
storyblocks.com/video/stock/alive-king-crab-in-water-closeup-bi_wgnmdeiyqkw72a
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Guangzhou-Beihai-shaochong-0459.jpg
storyblocks.com/video/stock/bank-with-medical-leeches-rxkkkchiwj5ki700x
eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/170184.php
vimeo.com/339460082
istockphoto.com/vector/earth-globe-with-white-world-map-and-blue-seas-and-oceans-focused-on-antarctica-with-gm938866742-256724403
youtu.be/sti05y9TF_Q
youtu.be/6dKB40hYlrs
vimeo.com/showcase/6097689/video/344909205
storyblocks.com/video/stock/white-fronted-capuchin-monkeys-cebus-albifrons-in-the-ecuadorian-amazon-4mufupt2eill8ctls
storyblocks.com/video/stock/life-of-wild-monkeys-in-the-indonesian-jungle-sgbafztaqjp29p4an
storyblocks.com/video/stock/daughter-on-hands-father-picking-orange-at-fruit-orchard-harvesting-orange-sbtvro9xgjaj6trku
youtu.be/UevnAq1MTVA
svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3884
istockphoto.com/photo/frosty-pattern-on-a-window-gm489695042-74800847
