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-2°C (28°F)
Icefish in the freezing cold Southern Ocean create their own natural antifreeze to stop ice crystals forming in their bloodstream. -101°C (-150°F) The tiny red flat bark beetle copes with the bone-chilling temperatures of the North American Arctic by deliberately dehydrating before producing antifreeze crystals.

-20°C (-4°F) -40°C (-40°F) -60°C (-76°F) -80°C (-112°F) -100°C (-148°F) -200°C (-328°F) Absolute zero

-40°C (-40°F) Antarctica’s emperor penguins rely on their feathers and body fat to withstand plummeting temperatures and battering winds of up to 145 km/h (90 mph). -273°C (-459°F)

-1°C (30°F)

Depending on the extreme conditions, animals cope in different ways. Desert animals often live in underground shelters or burrows and adopt a nocturnal lifestyle to escape the heat. On the other hand, creatures living in the cold may have fatter, furrier bodies or special adaptations to stop their blood freezing. Tardigrades survive extreme hot and cold conditions that would kill other creatures. Tiny tardigrades are just 1 mm (0.04 in)

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