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Andy

How does the anomalous property of water allow fish in lakes that are frozen to survive?

Water expands in volume and decreases in density as it is cooled to below 4 deg Celsius. How is this related to the above?
ALX:

There are several 'anomalous properties' of water...
http://www.chelationtherapyonline.com/technical/p93.htm
Because water expands as it freezes any body of water big enough to hold fish will usually not freeze al the way through. The colder water holds more oxygen and the fish metabolism slows down being that they are cold-blooded, Discussed on this page...
http://www.askabiologist.org.uk/punbb/viewtopic.php?id=1083

Shubham:

Although this is not directly about the question above, some frogs have a type of "antifreeze" solution in the cells of their body which allows them to stay in a state of suspended animation for a certain amount of time.. when they thaw out they will still be alive..

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