MYSTERIOUS VITAL FORCE KEEPS FROZEN FISH ALIVE

"Fish may now by frozen stiff at a temperature of -20 degrees centigrade, left in that condition for several hours, and then brought back to life as spry as ever by a little warm water," declares Dr. Nicholai Borodin, curater of fishes at the Peabody Museum. When the fish is frozen, it goes into a state which corresponds very much to that of an animal's hibernation, except that the fish at this time does not breathe at all, but is kept alive by some unknown vital force. How long the fish can be kept alive in a frozen state, Dr. Borodin has not yet found out.