X-Message-Number: 3044
From:  
Newsgroups: sci.cryonics
Subject: frozen turtles live
Date: Thu, 01 Sep 94 02:12:11 PDT
Message-ID: <343rnh$>


I recently read a new and very interesting book called Medical
Herpetology by S. Grenard. In it he  goes to great length
explaining how animals such as turtles can be completely frozen
and maintain themselves for months without oxygen and then
come to life on warm-up.  There are cryoprotectants in turtle
body water (blood, tissue fluids) that can be of value in the
prez of human or mammalian cryonics experiments. This book is
available from the publisher for 19.95 +2.50pp. Their tel
#is 717-622-6050.

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