That does happen but I don’t believe they are intentionally doing that. I think they just slow down and keep their nose out the water to breathe and the water freezes around them or they break through the ice to breathe and the water refreezes.
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cyborganism@lemmy.ca 2 months agoDon’t they usually fall asleep underwater with only their snout sticking out of the ice?
Death_Equity@lemmy.world 2 months ago
cyborganism@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Well yeah. They fall asleep like that as the temperatures drop. Then the ice forms around their snout.
HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com 2 months ago
Perfect time to boop the 'gator snout.
pancakes@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Never have I ever seen a snoot that doesn’t get booped