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Where? The body is placed in the casket and soon starts decomposition.
What? When the concrete box or the coffin is sealed, your body decomposes.
When? Your body decomposes almost immediatly after your body dies. Between 4 and 10 days after death, skin starts to look like cottage cheese. Between 10 to 20 days after death, exposed parts that havn't yet been consumed start to turn black. Between 20 to 50 days after death, the body begins to dry out: the remaining flesh is eaten by insects. from 50 to 365 days after death, moths and bacteria consume the hair. All that is left is the bones.
How? Gravity drags the blood down till it pools in blood vessels in the back of the legs and back if the body is lying face up. Many cells in the body die as there is no oxygen being delivered for them to carry out their normal metabolic functions. Neurons die within minutes; skin cells can last for days because they are able to metabolically perform without oxygen. While this is happening, bacterial cells, that normally live in our intestine begin to rapidly multiply and break down the flesh in the abdomen. We have no control over the release of our digestive enzymes, so they are free to start digesting our own tissues. Assuming this body is unfound and untouched, insects come to the scene very quickly as they are really sensitive to the smell of decomposition. Flies will lay eggs in skin openings and in entrances to the body; nose, ears and mouth. Maggots will hatch and start eating the decomposing flesh.
What Happens to your Body After the Concrete Box is Closed?
