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Post Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 5:42 pm   Underwater

Just a question...

What's the longest people have seen their RESs stay underwater for. I was just wondering how long their are able to be under water before coming up for air.

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Post Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 5:46 pm   

Overnight, while she sleeps!
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Post Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 7:22 pm   

I second that.
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Post Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 9:07 pm   

I've read that during hibernation they'll stay underwater the whole time until the water gets warmer.
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Post Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 11:02 pm   

That is true.
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Post Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 12:14 am   

some turtles completely freeze during hibernation, thawing out unaffected.
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Post Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 12:49 pm   

I don't think they completely freeze---if they did, the tissues would form ice crystals and break, which would kill them.
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Post Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 1:19 pm   

not complete ice cube, just frozen over.
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Post Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 2:14 pm   

You mean frozen over, as ice on a pond? They do hibernate in such conditions, but they themselves don't freeze.
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Post Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 3:54 pm   

marisa wrote:I don't think they completely freeze---if they did, the tissues would form ice crystals and break, which would kill them.


I doubt RES do it, but some species of frog can I know that :)
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Post Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 12:48 am   

Hell, I've heard stories of people freezing in certain conditions and coming back to life.
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Post Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 1:22 pm   

marisa wrote:You mean frozen over, as ice on a pond? They do hibernate in such conditions, but they themselves don't freeze.


i'll check the text again but yeah i believe that's what it said.
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