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mathh
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Biological Miracle – Wood Frog
Could such a mechanism be used for interstellar travel ?
vitiral
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Of the frogs? Sure!
RedNifre
83 days ago
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Be careful though, if you send an all female human crew enhanced by frog genes, some of them might change sex on the way.
pvaldes
83 days ago
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Only guaranteed to last for four or five months, so probably would be a very short interstellar travel
8n4vidtmkvmk
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No. Article says they have 1000x sugar in their blood. When we get to 10x we tend to die.
ImHereToVote
83 days ago
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We could replace some of the Glucose with Xylitol. Xylitol is another sugar that protects the body from Advanced Glycation End Products. AGEs are what makes glucose so dangerous.
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/advanced-glycation-end-...
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