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A Simple Approach to Manipulate Dissolved Oxygen for Animal Behavior Observations
Published on: June 28, 2016
OXYGEN POISONING IN COLD BLOODED ANIMALS
1Hospital of The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research.
Abstract:
1. Exposure of frogs to atmospheres containing approximately 95 per cent of oxygen is without apparent effect on their state of well being, and produces no noticeable changes in the appearance of their web capillaries. 2. Turtles exposed to similar atmospheres are also apparently unaffected unless the oxygen be warmed to mammalian temperature. 3. At this temperature (37.5 degrees C.) the turtles behave like mammals, showing loss of appetite, shortness of breath, death and, at autopsy, hemorrhagic extravasations in the lungs. 4. Young turtles are more resistant (or adaptable) to this change in environment than mature ones.
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