(TFT) Death(not for faint of heart)

["David Michael Grouchy II" <david_michael_grouchy_ii@hotmail.com>]

D E A T H
  warning:  do not read if you just ate.


	According to US News and World reports Forensic Entomology,  the study of 
the insects associated with death.  By observing insect behavior it is 
possible to determine the time of death accurately.  This is because the 
life cycles of insects are so short and fixed.


The moment of death
	Visual: for perhaps two minutes after the heart stops breathing will 
continue, slower and more forced with each breath, the skill will become 
paled and viably relaxed.
	Auditory: there may be a ``death rattle,'' the last breath may be deep and 
gurgling.
	Tactile: the body will begin to cool at a rate of 1-2 degrees per hour, 
depending upon surrounding temperature.
	Olfactory: as the sphincters relax the contents of the bowels and bladder 
are dumped.


10 minutes after
	Visual: flies arrive and begin to lay eggs in the eyes, mouth, nose and any 
open wounds.


30 minutes after
	Visual:  the skin becomes purplish as the blood sinks.  The skin will 
appear waxy and almost translucent.  The eyes will begin to take on a flat 
appearance as the fluid drains from them.


4 hours after
	Tactile:  rigor mortis begins with the small muscles of the head and neck 
and spreads throughout the rest of the body.  After rigor mortis has 
effected the entire body muscle decomposition will cause ``relaxing'' of the 
muscles.  This starts with the small muscles and moves on to the larger 
ones.  The body feels cool to the touch.


After 12 hours
	Visual:  the skin of the head and neck has turned greenish red.  Over 
several days this coloration will spread to the rest of the body.  Facial 
features become unrecognizable.
	Tactile:  the body has cooled to room temperature, and feels cold and 
clammy.  All muscles have ``relaxed.''
	Smell:  decomposition, accelerated by warm temperature, and the body begins 
to smell like rotted meat.


After 48 hours
	Visual:  spiders, mites and centipedes arrive to feed upon the bugs already 
there.


After 72 hours
	Visual:  gas formed from bacteria dissolving tissue causes the body to 
swell.  Blisters may appear on the bodies surface up to 3 inches in 
diameter.  Fluid begins to leak from orifices.

	Eventually skin, hair and nails will become loose, and the skin may burst.  
Carrion animals will begin to feed upon the body.  In warm temperatures a 
body may be reduced to a skeleton in only three days.

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