"More than 80 per cent of the habitats on Earth are colder than 5 °C – but there is no shortage of species that can cope with the chill"
Amazingly enough 80% of life on Earth exists at below 5 Degrees Celsius. Bacteria make up some of that but they sease to function at minus 15C. Animals such as the Arctic Springtails can survive by producing an antifreeze and having a structure that has no point at which ice caould form.
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via Extreme survival: Life frozen solid - environment - 16 November 2010 - New Scientist.
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