Catalpa worms can be frozen in corn meal and be thawed and be alive. I have heard that you can something simular with fish, but I can't remember any details.
2006-09-17 14:10:15 · 7 answers · asked by Monie W 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Yes it is possible.
Cryptobiosis is an ametabolic state of life entered by some lower organisms in response to adverse environmental conditions such as desiccation, freezing, and oxygen deficiency. In the cryptobiotic state, all metabolic procedures stop, preventing reproduction, development, and repair. An organism in a cryptobiotic state can essentially live indefinitely until environmental conditions return to being hospitable. When this occurs, the organism will return to its metabolic state of life as it was prior to the cryptobiosis.
Cryobiosis, a form of cryptobiosis that takes place in reaction to decreased temperature. To initiate cryobiosis, the organism freezes all of the water within its cells. This allows the organism to endure the freezing temperatures until more hospitable conditions return. Studies have shown that the longer an organism remains in cryobiosis, the longer it takes for the organism to come out of cryobiosis. This is because the organism must use its own energy to come out of cryobiosis, and the longer it stays in cryobiosis the less energy it has.
2006-09-17 14:26:28 · answer #1 · answered by Gane 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have tried this with mealworms for pet savannah monitors that I once had. I thawed them very quickly, and they were still alive. I am not sure that this can happen with vertebrates, though technology is advancing everyday, and the possibility is there.
2006-09-17 15:11:31 · answer #2 · answered by almostdead 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you catch a fish while ice fishing and it freezes solid you can bring it home and put it in water and it will flop around. this is because fish are cold blooded. if you put a live fish in the freezer and take it out later is dead as a doornail. go figure.
2006-09-17 14:31:29 · answer #3 · answered by La-z Ike 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I heard that it can be done in some sort of frozen eggz under the ice layers of frogs
2006-09-18 07:52:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, whenever you freeze something ice crystals form and destroy the cell structure, some animals can survive a freeze but science doesn't know how yet
2006-09-17 14:18:08 · answer #5 · answered by mikeb721 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
DONT KNOW WHERE YOU HEARD THAT. BUT IF YOU FIND A WAY TO UN CREMATE SOMEONE PLEASE LET ME KNOW?
2006-09-17 14:23:05 · answer #6 · answered by ken o 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it can't be done
2006-09-17 14:17:40 · answer #7 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋