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kepp89 t1_j0p3i0o wrote

During winter most worms stay in their burrows, prisoners below soil frozen hard as rock and topped by ice and snow. They are coiled into a slime-coated ball and go into a sleep-like state called estivation, which is similar to hibernation for bears. (The mucous, or slime, keeps the worms from drying out.)

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Altaira99 t1_j0pay6k wrote

Earthworms were eliminated from areas that were covered in ice sheets. North American forests in those areas evolved without earthworms, and their return has caused problems, changing a largely fungi dominated system to a bacteria-dominated system as they eat the leaf litter.

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mayonnace t1_j0powwu wrote

Replying to kepp89 (#960,696)

That sounds like video of a frog inside melting ice, which then "comes back to life". I don't remember where I saw it.

Also, I've heard that Japanese researchers have succeeded cryogenic life sustaining of some fish.

And last but not least, there was a man got frozen, but somehow "came back to life". He was talking about his experience of being nearly dead, a state of not thinking anything, a blank mind.

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