X-Message-Number: 8449 Date: Sat, 09 Aug 1997 21:03:09 -0500 From: Kevin R Spoering <> Subject: Re: Brine shrimp biostasis References: <> In the September 1997 issue of Popular Mechanics magazine in the tech update section there is a short article about the ability of brine shrimp to survive periods without water by forming a protective cyst around them. The researcher, biologist James Clegg, is attempting to isolate the compound the shrimp uses. Supposedly, the shrimp use no energy while in this dried state. It may be worth checking into for those involved in cryonics research. Best Regards, Kevin Spoering Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=8449