@@bsutherland2969 Oh this is a really cool question! So there are absolutely some ectotherms who live in cool environments. Two I can think of off the top of my head are the wood frog and the olm. The wood frog actually survives freezing and thawing in the winter and the olm is a salamander that lives in caves in which the water does get very warm at all (colder than bath water for sure!). We have a video for each of these animals if you want to learn more about them: Wood Frog - ruclips.net/video/ikeLe6PGJVI/видео.html Olm - ruclips.net/video/iVmjO4f-hxQ/видео.html To answer the question, they have LOTS of ways of dealing with this. Those that just naturally occur in colder climates tend to have freeze avoidance or freeze tolerance strategies. Freeze avoidance strategies include burrowing underground where the temperature remains more consistent while freeze tolerance strategies can mean they have molecular means of dealing with cold (for example, the wood frog raises its glucose levels and lowers the freezing point of water within its body). This is an archived article that discusses this a bit further: www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/extreme-cold-hardiness-in-ectotherms-24286275 Many animal species adapt their behavior depending on the surrounding temperature; this isn't exclusive to ectotherms. Lions in African savannahs rest during the hottest parts of the day. This is often true for ectotherms who would get *too* hot if they stayed out too long (this is why you're more likely to see these animals in the morning and evening rather than mid-day). This is kind of the reverse of your question, but it's a real danger for ectotherms! They can get overheated, as well! Hopefully that helps explain some stuff! It can get really technical, so I've tried to keep it simple here
And thank you for using DIURNAL (day walkers) in your videos as it’s a word that most humans do not know yet when you ask someone what’s opposite of nocturnal people think they know…. Then they realize they don’t… then they question why they don’t as it seems like common knowledge… I actually used to do testing for intelligence and one of the questions was “what is the opposite of nocturnal “… humbles people and really melts their minds that they knew what nocturnal was yet not diurnal. Also fun BONUS FACT: alligators do not hibernate… they BRUMATE
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A question from my son: what would an ectotherm do if it had no way to warm up, if it lived in a very cold climate?
@@bsutherland2969 Oh this is a really cool question! So there are absolutely some ectotherms who live in cool environments. Two I can think of off the top of my head are the wood frog and the olm. The wood frog actually survives freezing and thawing in the winter and the olm is a salamander that lives in caves in which the water does get very warm at all (colder than bath water for sure!). We have a video for each of these animals if you want to learn more about them:
Wood Frog - ruclips.net/video/ikeLe6PGJVI/видео.html
Olm - ruclips.net/video/iVmjO4f-hxQ/видео.html
To answer the question, they have LOTS of ways of dealing with this. Those that just naturally occur in colder climates tend to have freeze avoidance or freeze tolerance strategies. Freeze avoidance strategies include burrowing underground where the temperature remains more consistent while freeze tolerance strategies can mean they have molecular means of dealing with cold (for example, the wood frog raises its glucose levels and lowers the freezing point of water within its body). This is an archived article that discusses this a bit further: www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/extreme-cold-hardiness-in-ectotherms-24286275
Many animal species adapt their behavior depending on the surrounding temperature; this isn't exclusive to ectotherms. Lions in African savannahs rest during the hottest parts of the day. This is often true for ectotherms who would get *too* hot if they stayed out too long (this is why you're more likely to see these animals in the morning and evening rather than mid-day). This is kind of the reverse of your question, but it's a real danger for ectotherms! They can get overheated, as well!
Hopefully that helps explain some stuff! It can get really technical, so I've tried to keep it simple here
Thanks so much for your answer!
when did Veritasium start doing animal fact videos?
Still haven’t spotted one yet… I like that it’s an
“UN-HINGED TURTLE”
😂 😂 😂
The Virginia Living Museum has these turtles!
Can you do fact files on peacock basses?
YES!!! What a cool fish! KING CICHLIDS
Did you know that there are also other cichlid species called basses like the Imperial Bass (Boulengerochromis microlepis)?
And thank you for using DIURNAL (day walkers) in your videos as it’s a word that most humans do not know yet when you ask someone what’s opposite of nocturnal people think they know…. Then they realize they don’t… then they question why they don’t as it seems like common knowledge… I actually used to do testing for intelligence and one of the questions was “what is the opposite of nocturnal “… humbles people and really melts their minds that they knew what nocturnal was yet not diurnal.
Also fun
BONUS FACT: alligators do not hibernate… they BRUMATE
Do gray whale please.
One of the coolest turtles in North America IMO
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