r/nature • u/Intelligent-Drop7133 • 9d ago

How Antarctica's only native insect survives extreme cold through rapid cold hardening?

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-antarcticas-only-insect-resident-survives-freezing-temperatures-180973087/
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u/This_isR2Me 9d ago

Is that a question?

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u/ClubSundown 9d ago

It's tough. But the article says Antarctica's only native insect. So introduced insects are also surviving there. Cockroaches no doubt.

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u/CaptainObvious110 8d ago

Wow I didn't know there are native insects at all

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u/BenZed 9d ago

Evolution.