THE LIFE CYCLE 105 
blooded animals, like snakes and turtles, complete cessa- 
tion of life functions comes very slowly, even after the 
body has been literally cut to pieces. 
Thus it is essential in defining death to speak of a 
complete and permanent cessation of the performance of 
the life processes. 
A grasshopper (Melanoplus differentialis) killed by disease caused by a 
parasitic fungus. On golden-rod. 
