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Foxs-In-A-Trenchcoat t1_ix3m2pi wrote on November 20, 2022 at 2:28 PM

Reply to comment by perta1234 in How do insects survive winter? How do northenly climates have any insects? by failedtalkshowhost

Those are heat shock proteins that an animal manufactures in their own cells. These are small proteins that stabilize other proteins that help to prevent them from being denatured by high temperatures.