THE CFZ IN WINTER: Amphiuma Surprise

I always knew that my wife was a wonderful woman. Indeed it has never been in doubt. But due to this ridiculously cold weather, the amphiumas, who have spent the last five winters in unheated tanks in the museum have been brought into the kitchen until the end of the cold weather. Graham went up to the museum this morning and found ice on the tanks, and the water nearly freezing. Although there are accounts in the technical literature of these specialised amphiumas surviving being frozen solid, I don't want to put it to the test, and as Graham pointed out, the amphiumas may survive it, but the tanks almost certainly will not!

Richard Muirhead, on the other hand, wanted to know whether the little fellows would join us for a roast dinner on Christmas Day....