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Re: Why do living things not rot?
[Re: Damocles]
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12/29/06 13:51
12/29/06 13:51
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So it is all the dominace of the immune system... Plants must have them too ?
Yes, plants have it too, but they tend to be more vulnerable I think, because I'm not sure if plants have a system that can actively adapt to changing bacterias and things like that. Things need to go quite wrong before we humans actually get hurt by bacterias.
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Ok, regarding the chinese mummies, that where not salt-dried as in Egypt, they must have killed all bacterias that could decay the body.
Generally speaking mummification will be the result of preservation by either intentional or accidental exposure to chemicals, extreme cold, very low humidity, or airlessness (oxigine-less is a bit more accurate). I know of some Chines e mummies who were found in ice, but I don't think you're talking about them, are you? 
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