I was at the beach today thinking I’m basically just a slab of meat in the sun. How come I don’t rot? What prevents living things from decomposing and how does that change when we die?
In: Biology
While we’re alive, we’re constantly making new cells to replace the ones that degrade/rot. When we die, we stop making new cells (because blood flow and respiration drive that engine), so everything degrades without being replaced.
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