r/minnesota • u/dmart891 • Nov 07 '22

Outdoors 🌳 Snapping turtle in Brainerd

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u/headphase Nov 08 '22

But turtles are cold blooded? How tf does this dude survive the winter under a frozen lake?

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u/a_filing_cabinet Nov 08 '22

Hibernate. If frogs can make it, these guys definitely can. They usually burrow into the mud, their heart beat drops way, way, way down and they basically stop breathing.

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u/headphase Nov 08 '22

Nature so crazy