Eli5: Why dead bodies go kinda flat.

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To sum it up in short words I’ve seen alot of dead things,

Sometimes after they’ve been sitting for a while they seem to become sorta flat? I’m assuming it is due to circulation not happening anymore? No idea tbh.

Thanks.

In: Biology

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When a person is alive and lies on a floor, they dont go flat because even laying on a floor, many muscles in their body are still working to maintain the bodies shape.

But in a dead body, the muscles undergo relaxation because, you know cause it is dead and the muscles wont have any energy to hold up the shape. That is when gravity comes into play and pulls it down, making it go flat with the floor.

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