00:00The Atacama desert microbe crocoxidiopsis faces total death locked inside glowing solid salt
00:05crystals right now. How does a living organism survive thousands of years without a single
00:11drop of liquid water nearby? Common sense says the cell dries out and dies, but the tiny survivor
00:17pulls water straight out of thin air. This extreme water theft is the exact reason why the Atacama
00:24desert microbe crocoxidiopsis faces total death locked inside glowing solid salt crystals right
00:29now. This extreme water theft is the exact reason why the Atacama desert microbe crocoxidiopsis
00:36faces total death locked inside glowing solid salt crystals right now.
