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Mystery #2Tier 2-3microbes freezing survival

How do some tiny creatures live through being frozen solid in ice?

Winter clamps down and a small pond freezes into a solid block of ice. You would think everything trapped inside was finished. But when the thaw finally comes, some tiny creatures simply wriggle back to life, unharmed. How can a living thing be frozen solid and still survive?

A brown and copper wood frog sitting still on sandy ground among dry grass.
Photo: Jasper Shide · CC0 · via Wikimedia Commons

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