MadSci Network: Zoology |
Some of the beetles can survive short periodes buried in the mud. However, they cannot survive the winter. The eggs or larvae can survive the winter however. The frogs survive by burrowing in the mud above the water on the riverbank. Cheers, Bryan Grieg Fry ----------------- Australian Online Venom & Toxin Database http://www.uq.edu.au/~ddbfry/index.html Peptide Laboratory Centre for Drug Design & Development University of Queensland St. Lucia, Qld 4072 Australia email: b.fry@mailbox.uq.edu.au Fax: (61) 7 3365 1990 Phone (61) 7 3365 1271
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