#glassfrogs — Public Fediverse posts

This is one of my "isn't evolution amazing" posts. #evolution #glassfrogs #transparency #camofluage #wherestheblood #itshidingintheliver
https://pratt.duke.edu/about/news/glassfrogs-hide-red-blood-cells-their-liver-become-transparent#:~:text=Glassfrogs%20make%20themselves%20transparent%20while,23%20in%20the%20journal%20Science
"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,”

#WhoKnew #vertebrates could make themselves #transparent?

If #people could do this and survive it, imagine what #spying would become
#InvisibleMan #scienceFiction
#frog #frogs #glassFrogs #redBloodCells

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abl6620

Glassfrogs hide red #blood #cells in their liver to become transparent https://phys.org/news/2022-12-glassfrogs-red-blood-cells-liver.html

Glassfrogs conceal blood in their liver to maintain transparency https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abl6620

When #glassfrogs are resting, their #muscles and #skin become #transparent, and their #bones, #eyes and internal #organs are all that's visible. If these #frogs are awake, stressed or under #anesthesia their #CirculatorySystem is full of #RedBloodCells and they are opaque.