Insectoid Cryogenic Suspension
I saw a weird thing yesterday...
I have a koi pond out front (though the fish are indoors for the winter), and the water had frozen solid in it back in the fall, trapping a ladybug on/in the ice. That same ladybug has been there for months and months, exposed to the elements and to the Colorado winter. The past couple of weeks have been unseasonably warm, and the solid ice in the pond finally melted. Guess what? The very same ladybug was moving around (actually, it was trying to climb out of the water). It was the weirdest thing. Needless to say, I rescued it from the water, but I don't know how long it'll live as it didn't look to be in very good shape (though it was crawling around), and also its food source isn't available yet. I just thought it was pretty neat and a testiment to the hardiness of life that such a small and fragile thing could survive the way it did.
-Kat
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