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Encounters Wood Frogs

Series: Encounters
From: Encounters: Radio Experiences in the North
Length: 00:29:00

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Scottd_080602_2236c_1___2__small Listen to a rare sound in the Arctic when you follow host Richard Nelson to a wood frog song locale. You'll meet a creature that has the ability to completely freeze in the winter - it's lungs, heart the whole shabang- and then defrost in the spring in time to chirp off a mating call.

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Listen to a rare sound in the Arctic when you follow host Richard Nelson to a wood frog song locale. You'll meet a creature that has the ability to completely freeze in the winter - it's lungs, heart the whole shabang- and then defrost in the spring in time to chirp off a mating call.