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If kept in pristine conditions (perfectly sealed to prevent evaporation leading to dehydration, deep freeze), is there a particular chemical needed for life that we might expect to break down first?

Since chemical reactions happen in the freezer just slower...



> Since chemical reactions happen in the freezer just slower.

Can't the gross just be kept at artificially lie temperatures to lengthen the stasis time? Say, -100C or even lower?


The article says their cells don’t freeze during hibernation. -100C would probably freeze the cells and kill them


*the frog




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