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| Mosses are natural anti-freeze |
My other gloves are just a joke in this weather. My coat is for 'spring' Peggy told me. I certainly do need a hat to cover my head. I should not expose my skin to the outer air for any reasons or I would get a frost bite, Toni told me. Ann said she is to stays in. Perhaps that could be the best answer. You do not find too many living creatures out. What could be out there in the woods? Mosses?
How could mosses survive in this severe weather, without any coverage at all?
According to New Scientist (Jul 15, 1982) article, mosses are highly indigestible, mostly consisting of lignin-like compounds. The cell walls are, however, protected by arachidonic acid, a type of polyunsaturated fatty acid. The arctic animals consume a large quantity of mosses for this natural anti-freeze.
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| Arachidonic acid (20 carbons, 4 double bonds) |
The reason why I do not use my other gloves is that I got robbed in a public library in Chicago downtown.
What typifies Chicago downtown is quite a number of people asking for change on the sidewalk. One of them was making rhythmical drumming sound with his improvised instruments. At the doors of stores, on bridges, and elsewhere, they stand with paper cups on their hands. Most of them are black and male.