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Death is a sad, yet inevitable part of life.
At some point, you will die and there is some weird, kinda creepy stuff that starts to happen
to your body.
First off, after you die, your body will start to get cold.
In fact, every hour after you die, your body will get about 0.8 degrees Celsius cooler
until it reaches room temperature.
And meanwhile, your cells will start dying from a lack of oxygen, since ya know, you’re
lungs are no longer working and your heart has stopped beating.
But this lack of oxygen won’t kill them right away...instead, they will live for several
minutes.
And during this time, there are still chemical reaction occurring that produce carbon dioxide
and increase the acidity of the cell.
Enzymes in the cells then start to digest the cell membrane, causing the cell to break
down and start leaking.
And the enzymes that escape can go on to break down the other cells around it.
Creepy, huh?
And fun fact: when your muscles relax after you die, it may lead to you peeing or defecating
if you hadn’t used the bathroom in a while.
Anyway Later on, blood starts to spill out from broken blood vessels and since it isn’t
flowing around your body, you will start to look pale.
Now, if you are lying down, as you probably will be, the blood will begin to travel down
thanks to gravity, and will be settle in the lowest regions along your back side.
And this will eventually lead to discoloration.
About two to six hours after death, rigor mortis kicks in.
When you are living, you are able to contract and relax your muscles at will.
But with rigor mortis, after your cells have used up the last of their energy supply, the
protein filaments allowing your muscles to move become locked in place, which is why
dead bodies are so stiff.
And this stiffness usually lasts for about three days.
A few days after death, putrefaction begins as the bacteria in your gastrointestinal tract
will start to break down tissues and cells, liquefying your body and producing horrific-smelling
gases like methane and hydrogen sulfide.
And with the production of gas comes the bloating of your belly.
The gas pressure causes any liquids in cells and blood vessels to spill out, which may
eventually start to leak out of your body.
And sometimes the pressure is so great that the abdomen bursts open, which is definitely
an image that will haunt my dreams forever.
Thank you for animating that okay?
And since your body is smelly, it will attract blowflies that will lay eggs in your rotting
flesh, leading to the birth of maggots within a day.
These maggots feed on your flesh, attracting beetles and other insects.
Boy this is a beautiful episode!
20 to 50 days after death, a process called butyric fermentation begins as the flesh is
removed and your body dries out.
And the parts of the body touching the ground start to develop mold.
Then, over the course of years, all your flesh has been decomposed and eaten by various insects
and animals and al l that is left of you is your skeleton.
So it’s not a pretty process at all and it sure doesn’t smell nice, but it sure
makes me happy that most of the time someone dies, their body is quickly disposed of so
no one has to witness all of that.
But hey, at least it’s interesting, right?
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