"Cryptobiosis" Is a State of Almost Total Water Loss Found

question 47

Multiple Choice

"Cryptobiosis" is a state of almost total water loss found in some roundworms,rotifers,and tardigrades and was previously considered a near cessation of metabolism.Recently,a British Museum botanist accidentally spilled fluid on a 120+year-old herbarium mount of a lichen.Fearing damage to the specimen,he immediately inspected it under the microscope and found tardigrades "waking up." This observation

• A)supports the claim that the tardigrades were dead but began respiring again at a very slow rate after the fluid was added.
• B)makes it possible that we can bring most dead animals back to life.
• C)contradicts both the cell theory and evolutionary theory.
• D)indicates metabolism did not stop,and that organization and water made it sufficient to maintain the possibility for "life."

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