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  • Antarctica is the most extreme continent on Earth.

  • Few animals conserve.

  • I've the better cold, But one Antarctic environment is surprisingly stable.

  • The ocean.

  • But it is cold minus two degrees centigrade.

  • Like everywhere else in the world, the Antarctic environment is changing.

  • In some places, the water is already warming a huge challenge for animals that have never experienced any change.

  • So some of the incredible Antarctic animals are in this tank now and talk.

  • Jim is a marine biologist.

  • You've been studying these animals for years, so they have antifreeze proteins inside of them that keep them from freezing.

  • They have different red blood cells are in fact not read.

  • They have compensated for the cold so they can go about their daily lives and actually thrive in an environment that most animals would find very stressful.

  • The big question for an is how well these extraordinary creatures will be able to adapt.

  • The results so far are not promising.

  • I'm actually pretty worried.

  • I wish I wish the data was wrong.

  • I wish I didn't have to be worried.

  • But, you know, there are lots of things they're gonna change in the ocean.

  • And these animals are being stressed to their there.

  • Max, you may wonder why we should worry about the fate of a few unusual species.

  • But the scientists here say we should think of what's happening as a warning.

  • If these animals can't survive in our changing world.

  • What does that say about our future?

  • A huge challenge for animals that have never experienced any change.

  • They have compensated for the cold so they can go about their daily lives so they can go about their daily lives and actually thrive in an environment that most animals would find very stressful.

  • The big question for an is how well these extraordinary creatures will be able to adapt.

  • These animals are being stressed to there to there.

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Antarctica is the most extreme continent on Earth.

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