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状
下没有新陈代谢,实际
它还是有0.1%的新陈代谢,表现出来的状
是假死状
,而不是真正的死亡状
。