Freeze-dried simple living beings, frozen embryos, seeds, are in what state of life?
Ha-ha-ha! Do viruses move themsleves (if animation means that)? One of the usaes:
The term "suspended animation" is a "poetic" expression of the glassy state where a molecule is basically "stuck" and move ver-very little around its close vicinity. As the result, practically ALL chemical reactions are effectively stopped (see the refrence to my paper as an example, in my previous ansswer about prediction of Tg.
Your question is quite different and rather philosophical, related to hypernation, wintering, etc. It's a diferent field, a very undermined so anybody can mean anything by that term. For exapmpe. sperm in bee's spermatheca:is supended animation or not? The delayed implataion of the zygote in Mustelides: suspended development or not? We are entering very murky waters there!
BTW, cryonics is not a science, it's a cult and a total bogus!! Again, not for the sake of promotion, but read Chapter 1 here:
http://cdn.intechopen.com/pdfs/31227/InTech-Kinetic_vitrification_of_spermatozoa_of_vertebrates_what_can_we_learn_from_nature_.pdf
What's bothering me: a good Q about Tg prediction and THIS!! Run from those cryonic charlatans with the speed of light, this is my advise. It can be good and quick money at first but you will damage your scoentific reputation irreparably in long run. Ask Greg Fahy about it ;-)))
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