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What features of the frog’s body make it poorly adapted for life in cold water?

Full Question: Frogs spend the winter deeply buried in the mud, with a decrease in their metabolic rate. This is called hibernation. What features of the frog’s body make it poorly adapted for life in cold water? Help!!! Need by tonight =[

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1. Frogs are exothermic, meaning their body temperature is dependent on the outside temperature (unlike us, our bodies are always about 98.6 degrees, whether it's hot of cold outside!) Having a really cold body temperature means that the proteins and enzymes needed for life won't work.
2. Frogs are cold-blooded, and have thin skin -- like we do. Therefore, it does not provide much insulation from the cold. To warm itself, it must be in a warm environment. The cold water causes the metabolism ( all the chemical reactions in the body) to slow down, and therefore the movement to slow down. One adverse affect of this would be that it could make them more vulnerable to predators. Check out the "cool" webiste: