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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Because living things that stop living will decompose thanks to Maggots and all sorts of things. Try cutting one open

On second thought, no don’t try it, who knows what sicknesses you will get

Edit: Also the first step of decomposition is the autolysis, the breakdown of cells by enzymes that are already in those cells without any maggots or fungi(¿) /fungus. You could say the cells ‘eat’ themselves.

I don’t know if thats correct english, but I tried my best translating it as understandable as I could.

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