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🧊 Ice Crawlers

Northern Rock Crawler

Grylloblatta campodeiformis

Near Threatened

About

A rare ice-dwelling insect that lives on glaciers and snowfields at near-freezing temperatures. Handling one with bare hands can overheat and kill it.

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Did You Know?

Rock crawlers are so cold-adapted that a human hand is hot enough to kill them β€” they prefer temperatures between 1-4C and die above 20C.