Frozen Shipment Ocean direct oolite sand

[reeferfulton]

This only really matters if you truly believe that it was live before it shipped.
Which, I do not

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by reeferfulton

This only really matters if you truly believe that it was live before it shipped.
Which, I do not

I was going to post this, but backed out But ya, what he said

[asylumdown]

Originally Posted by reeferfulton

This only really matters if you truly believe that it was live before it shipped.
Which, I do not

+1 - the only qualification I'd add to that would be depending on what it is that you mean by 'live'. If you're just talking about bacteria, then there was probably a few different strains encapsulated heterotrophs in there, many of which might have survived the freeze as some of those guys could survive a trip through space on an asteroid.

Actual critters from the kingdom animalia, however, are generally not likely to survive being sealed in an air-tight bag which is then subject to wild fluctuations in temperature, tossed around, crushed, flown all over the world, then stored on a shelf for days to months after leaving the ocean. You might have had a few eggs survive, but is that worth the exorbitant cost considering you'd get more critters from the muck at the bottom of a friend's sump... that's the real question.

After freezing, any animals or eggs that may have been in there are absolutely mush. Unless it's oolitic sand from the high arctic, where aquatic animals often have anti-freeze in their blood. I assure you however, it was not.