A classic example of this phenomenon of anhydrobiosis is that the germination of lotus seeds found buried in a peat bog in the north-eastern China,where they reputedly had survived for more than 2000 years.

• 有关脱水生活现象著名的例子是，掩埋在中国东北据说已有两千年历史的泥炭沼泽中的莲子籽居然能发芽。