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The process is a part of the nutrient cycle and is essential for recycling the finite matter that occupies physical space in the biosphere. Bodies of living organisms begin to decompose shortly after death. Although no two organisms decompose in the same way, they all undergo the same sequential stages of decomposition.
A fresh pig carcass. At this stage the remains are usually intact and free of insects. The corpse progresses through algor mortis (a reduction in body temperature until ambient temperature is reached), rigor mortis (the temporary stiffening of the limbs due to chemical changes in the muscles), and livor mortis (pooling of the blood on the side of the body that is closest to the ground).
Natural embalming processes in peat bogs or salt deserts can delay the process indefinitely, sometimes resulting in natural mummification. [4] The rate of skeletonization and the present condition of a corpse or carcass can be used to determine the time of death. [5] Skeletonization occurs much quickier if vertebrate scavengers consume flesh.
Up to 13 hours after death, eyeball cooling in pigs provides a reasonable estimate of time since death. [30] After 13 hours, muscle and rectal temperatures in pigs are better estimates of time since death. [31] In dogs: what changes and when. Eye K+ decreases from 1.5 hours after death to 7 hours after death. [32]
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Timeline of postmortem changes (stages of death), with putrefaction labeled near middle. The rough timeline of events during the putrefaction stage is as follows: 1–2 days: Pallor mortis, algor mortis, rigor mortis, and livor mortis are the first steps in the process of decomposition before the process of putrefaction.
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