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  • Death sucks!

    死亡聽起來很可怕!

  • But what happens to your body after you die is fascinating.

    但是死後身體發生甚麼事卻很奇妙

  • So we're going to show you.

    所以我們要來看看

  • Don't worry, it won't be gross...much.

    別緊張,不會很噁心的

  • Once a person's breathing stops

    一旦呼吸中止

  • the cells in their body stops receiving oxygen,

    體內細胞會停止接收氧氣

  • but the cells continue to live for several minutes

    不過細胞還是會持續「活著」幾分鐘

  • generating carbon dioxide.

    一邊產生二氧化碳

  • Carbon dioxide is acidic,

    二氧化碳屬酸性

  • and it builds up, rupturing sacs inside the cells.

    當它越積越多,就會在細胞內分裂成小氣囊

  • These sacs contain enzymes

    這些小氣囊含酶

  • that begin to digest the cell from the inside out.

    會由內而外開始消化細胞

  • This creates a blister-like fluid rich in nutrients.

    接著產生富含營養素的水泡液體

  • After about a week, those nutrients

    大約一周後,這些營養素

  • fuel an army of bacteria and fungai

    接著招來細菌和真菌大軍

  • that further liquify organs and muscles.

    讓器官與肌肉液化

  • The microbes that attack the tissue

    這些微生物開始侵蝕組織

  • produce a bewildering array of 400 chemicals and gasses.

    產生四百種以上的化學物質與氣體

  • They include Freon, that's right,

    包括氟利昂,就是它

  • the coolant found in refridgerators.

    我們冰箱用的冷卻劑

  • Benzene, a powerful component in gasoline.

    苯,石油組成的元素之一

  • Sulfur, which smells of swamps and rotten eggs.

    硫磺,聞起來像沼澤或腐蛋

  • And the molecule known as Carbon Tetrachloride,

    還有四氯化碳

  • which was used in fire extinguishers and dry cleaning

    常用在滅火器與乾洗劑

  • until scientists discovered it's highly toxic.

    直到科學家發現它是劇毒物,才禁用

  • At this point, there's very little flesh left,

    這時候,血肉已所剩不多

  • and it's consumed by...here it comes...

    剩下的會被牠們吃掉,牠們來了

  • maggots and beetles.

    是蛆和甲殼蟲牠們

  • Insects leave only bones behind.

    昆蟲會吃得一乾二淨,剩下骨頭

  • Over time, the protein in bone decomposes too,

    一段時間後,骨頭裡的蛋白質也會分解

  • leaving just the bone mineral called Hydroxyapatite,

    只會留下骨頭,我們稱為「羥磷灰石」

  • which eventually turns to dust.

    最後會化成灰

  • We can take some solace in the fact

    其實我們應該感到欣慰

  • that all those nutrients and chemicals, even the dust,

    所有的營養物質與化學物質,甚至是骨灰

  • provide vital substances that make soils fertile,

    在我們的生命結束後

  • sprouting plants and other new life

    提供了重要的物質,讓土壤更肥沃

  • after our lives have ended.

    讓植物與其他新生命欣欣向榮

  • Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.

    塵歸塵,土歸土

  • [Written and narrated by Mark Fischetti] [Assistant Editor: Kathryn Free]

  • [Produced, edited & animated by Eric R. Olson] [English Subtitles: heberhouse1]

Death sucks!

死亡聽起來很可怕!

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