From: Anders Sandberg (asa@nada.kth.se)
Date: Fri Sep 12 1997 - 15:46:44 MDT
Geoff Smith <geoffs@unixg.ubc.ca> writes:
> I think I mentioned this before, but.. dehydrate the cells!
Actually, this is what occurs when the body is frozen. Ice forms
*between* the cells, not inside them, and they are largely dehydrated.
Causes damage too, unfortunately.
> I wish
> someone versed in zoology would butt in here and add some more informed
> discussion about the frogs that freeze and unfreeze with no outside
> intervention.
Rana Sylvestris, I seem to recall.
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