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Jason Bittel

@bittelmethis

Wild animal & author of SORT OF FUNNY FIELD GUIDES (Nat Geo Books 2025). Words @NatGeo, @WashingtonPost, @NYTScience. Prev: @KSJatMIT, @NatGeoExplorers. He/him.

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🤯THIS JUST IN🤯 When asleep, glass frogs HIDE THEIR RED BLOOD CELLS INSIDE THEIR LIVERS, which are covered in GUANINE-CRYSTAL DISCO MIRRORS that scatter light & make the frogs 2-3 TIMES MORE SEE-THROUGH. 🪩🪩🩸🩸🩸🐸🩸🩸🩸🪩🪩 Study in Science Magazine dx.doi.org/10.1126/scienc…

🤯THIS JUST IN🤯

When asleep, glass frogs HIDE THEIR RED BLOOD CELLS INSIDE THEIR LIVERS, which are covered in GUANINE-CRYSTAL DISCO MIRRORS that scatter light & make the frogs 2-3 TIMES MORE SEE-THROUGH.

🪩🪩🩸🩸🩸🐸🩸🩸🩸🪩🪩

Study in <a href="/ScienceMagazine/">Science Magazine</a> dx.doi.org/10.1126/scienc…