• Question: can any of ours body parts rot????????

    Asked by Miax2014X to David, Clare on 10 Nov 2014.
    • Photo: Clare Harding

      Clare Harding answered on 10 Nov 2014:


      Yes but normally they dont!

      If you get certain infections (look up Necrotizing fasciitis f you don’t fancy sleeping!) then the tissue of your body can die and then it will start to rot. But if your otherwise healthy then this won’t happen.

      One of the most important things that happens to dead bodies is that the intestines break down, releasing billions of bacteria into the body which then start to decompose the body

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