cryptobiosis

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状下没有新陈代谢，实际上它还是有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。