It’s not dead. It’s pining for the fjords.
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The scientists who ran the test would probably be not very happy with me for bringing this up, but it also raises the point about “what is dead, anyhow?”. There are animals and fish that get frozen solid each winter (or close enough to) and happily the or and get on with their lives each spring. Salmon can’t do that, if they’re flash frozen, how dead are they?
See, this is why I want a green burial under a tree.
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As I understand it, cells tend to burst when actually frozen, so I imagine the fish won’t come back to life if thawed out. But you raise a good point. Death isn’t a discontinuity but a process that takes time.
Hibernation OTOH doesn’t usually involve actual freezing, does it? For higher forms of life, like mammals and birds anyway. Fish I’m not so sure — they can live in a frozen lake, but the ice is only the top layer and below that it’s a little above freezing, I think.
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I’m amazed that a squirrel is on the list! I have never heard of the use of supercooling using natural antifreezes before. Thanks for sharing this.
“Well, sever my synapses!” is my new favorite exclamation.
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On the red flat bark beetle:
Deep supercooling, vitrification and limited survival to –100°C in the Alaskan beetle Cucujus clavipes puniceus (Coleoptera: Cucujidae) larvae
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Thanks! Finally, a clear view of the tag!
The one I have is definitely a mid-to-late-1970s/early-1980s, due to the plastic faux-wooden handles. I’ve never seen the thing before in my life, by the way, lol!
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The usefulness of DNA testing acquires some more caveats:
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Does this mean that the Salmon of Wisdom is dead and formerly-frozen, or would any salmon yield similar results?
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Think we are dealing with the salmon of doubt here.
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Is this the 21st-century equivalent to having the criminal’s hands sewn onto the pianist’s wrists?
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The horror movie script just writes itself!
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We’ve been doing transplants for longer than the 21st century, so I’m going with “no”.
What I do think is happening is we’re getting a better understanding of what a transplant actually does to the recipient’s body.
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I know, I was really stretching it.
It’s amazing what can be learned with time and research techniques that are more comprehensive than those in the past.
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Also: biology has no boundaries.
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You’re telling me.
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I assume this means that not only could he commit a crime and have it pinned on the donor, but he could also father his donor’s child.
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I think that the testes are unaffected. It’s just that bone marrow makes blood. (I think).
Take it back should of read the article.
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