21 . 01
2020
084 Meet the Natives: The World's Toughest Animal
21 . 01 . 2020
Contributors
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Henry Páll Wulff
Expedition Guide, Naturalist
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Chris Marquardt
Photographer, Author, Podcaster, Traveler, Educator
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Henry Páll WulffExpedition Guide, Naturalist |
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Chris MarquardtPhotographer, Author, Podcaster, Traveler, Educator |
Notes
Being Antarctica’s largest native purely terrestrial animal, the Antarctic midge (Belgica antarctica) has the smallest genome in the insect kingdom. The holder of two Guinness Book of World Records entries spends more than half its life frozen. A better understanding of how it does survives freezing temperatures of up to -40 °C could have implications for human health.
