10 Shocking Animals That Were Frozen In Ice!

10 Shocking Animals That Were Frozen In Ice!

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10 Shocking Animals That Were Frozen In Ice!
Being frozen alive isn’t a nice way to go. Just ask Jack Nicholson’s character in The Shining. However, it is
also an excellent preservative, preserving specimens of prehistoric plants and animals almost perfectly,
much to the delight of today’s scientists. It’s always exciting to discover something so old in ice, but
there are discoveries that shock even the most seasoned of scientists. Here are 10 shocking animals
frozen in ice. Number one is one of those if you didn’t see it you wouldn’t believe it type of deals so you
better stay tuned for it.

Number 10. Alligators
If I were to ask you what animals can survive being frozen in ice, I bet that alligators would be the last
thing that will come to your mind. After all, they are cold blooded creatures, and logic states that they
would be the least tolerant of the cold, right? Well, prepare to be wrong.
Back in January of 2019, North Carolina experienced record low temperatures, so much so that even
ponds and lakes were frozen over. People at the Swamp Park in Ocean Isle Beach were understandably
worried about the 18 American Alligators that they keep in the park. So, they checked them out and
they were pleasantly surprised with what they saw.
All 18 alligators were definitely under the ice, with just their snouts poking out of the ice. Remarkably, all
of them were alive. Apparently, when the water or air temperatures dip too low for them to be active,
the cold-blooded reptiles go into a state of brumation, which is a hibernation like state for reptiles.
As soon as the ice thawed, the gators went about their business like nothing happened.

Number 9. A Snapping Turtle
It seems that alligators aren’t the only reptiles capable of surviving being frozen in ice, turtles are
capable of doing that as well.
While hiking in a wooded area near Marvell in Philips County, Arkansas, a group of duck hunters spotted
something moving under a frozen lake. Curious to what it is, they came closer to take a look, and were
surprised to see a huge alligator snapping turtle hanging out beneath the ice.
Jonathan Evins, one of the hunters, estimates the turtle to be at to 3 feet long. And since he was the
smallest and the lightest of the group, he was the one who took a selfie with the frozen creature.
For anyone wondering how turtles can survive under ice: A cold turtle in cold water has a slow
metabolism and it breathes through its butt. The technical term is cloacal respiration, and it can help
turtles survive underwater for well over 100 days. Quite an unusual way to breathe, but hey, as long as
it works.

Number 8. A Fox

Never go walking on thin ice. That old adage doesn’t only apply to us humans, but to animals as well. If
you don’t heed that advise, well, you might just end up like this poor animal on our list.
Somewhere in Germany, one poor fox decided to walk casually on one of the frozen lakes.
Unfortunately, the lake wasn’t completely frozen over, so the fox fell into the frigid water. Falling into
frozen water is bad enough, but the temperatures that day was so low, the water around the fox quickly
froze solid.
The foxicle, yes, I went there, was found by a local hunter named Franz Stehl. By the time he came upon
the fox, it was so frozen that it was impossible to know when it fell into the water. He came back the
next day, armed with a chainsaw and cut the animal out of the ice. He then, quite controversially, put
the frozen fox on display in front of a small hotel that he owned, to serve as a warning to everybody the
dangers of walking on frozen lakes.

Number 7. A Wooly Mammoth
Ice is an amazing natural preservative. If something is frozen in ice, and is kept frozen, chances are any
animal or plant matter will stay perfectly preserved for an indefinite time. Because of this, Siberia’s
permafrost has yielded numerous frozen prehistoric animal specimens, much to the delight to scientists.
But one day in 2007, scientists weren’t expecting to find this; a perfectly preserved carcass of a baby
wooly mammoth.
The mammoth dies around 10,000 years ago in the frozen tundra of northern Russia, until it was
discovered by reindeer herder Yuri Khudi in May 2007 May near the Yuribei river in Russia's Yamal-
Nenents autonomous district, in a virtually inaccessible part of north-western Siberia. The mammoth
was so perfectly preserved that it had no defects, except for the tail being lopsided.
Alexei Tikhonov, one of a group of international experts who examined the mammoth and said that in
terms of its state of preservation, this is the world's most valuable discovery.