Although I have said that the water bear does not undergo any form of metabolism during cryptobiosis, it actually has a metabolic rate of 0.1%, rendering it almost dead, but yet, not dead.
尽管我刚才说过水熊在隐生下没有新陈代谢,实际上它还
有0.1%的新陈代谢,表现出来的
假死
,而不
真正的死亡
。