a few trillion microbes, and as many as 37 trillion cells.

幾萬億的微生物，和多達37萬億的細胞。

And while death is often thought of as

雖然死亡往往被認為是

the end of the line for your self,

為自己的終點。

your body still has a long way to go.

你的身體還有很長的路要走。

It doesn't take long before your body

不用多久，你的身體就會

starts to lose what makes you you.

開始失去讓你的你。

Just a few minutes after death,

就在死後幾分鐘。

one of the first things to go is your brain.

首先要去的東西之一是你的大腦。

You see, when your heart stops beating,

你看，當你的心臟停止跳動時。

it halts blood flow, which is supposed to transport

它阻止了血液流動，而血液是用來運輸的。

oxygen to your organs and tissues.

氧氣到你的器官和組織。

So without blood, the most active,

所以沒有血，最活躍。

oxygen-guzzling organs and tissues go first.

耗氧器官和組織先走。

And the results are...moist.

而結果是......溼潤。

Because the cells that make up those organs and tissues

因為組成這些器官和組織的細胞。

are 70% water.

70%是水。

Without oxygen to keep them alive,

沒有氧氣讓他們活著。

the cells self-destruct,

細胞自毀。

spilling all that fluid onto the coffin floor.

把所有的液體都灑在了棺材地上。

By that night, an even more troubling process begins

到了那天晚上，一個更麻煩的過程開始了。

in the gut.

在腸道里。

Your dying immune system can no longer contain

你垂死的免疫系統無法再控制

the trillions of hungry microbes that normally

數萬億飢餓的微生物，通常

help digest the food you eat.

幫助消化你吃的食物。

So they escape.

所以他們逃了。

First, they travel from the lower intestines

首先，它們從下層腸道進入

through your tissues, veins, and arteries.

通過你的組織、靜脈和動脈。

Within hours, they reach your liver and gallbladder,

幾小時內，它們就會到達你的肝臟和膽囊。

which contain a yellow-green bile meant for

其中含有一種黃綠色的膽汁，用於

breaking down fat when you're alive.

活著的時候分解脂肪。

But after the microbes are through eating those organs,

但在微生物吃完這些器官後。

that bile starts to flood the body,

膽汁開始充斥身體。

staining it a yellow-green.

將其染成黃綠色。

From about day two to four, the microbes are everywhere.

從第二天到第四天左右，微生物無處不在。

And they're producing toxic gases,

而且它們會產生有毒氣體。

like ammonia and hydrogen sulfide,

如氨和硫化氫。

which will expand and cause your body

這將擴大和導致你的身體

to not only bloat, but stink.

以致不僅臃腫，而且臭氣熏天。

After three or four months,

三四個月後。

your yellow-green complexion has turned brownish-black

你的黃綠色膚色變成了棕黑色

because your blood vessels have deteriorated

因為你的血管已經老化

to the point that the iron inside them spills out,

以至於裡面的鐵水都溢出來了。

becoming brownish-black as it oxidizes.

氧化後變成棕黑色。

Also around this time,

也是在這個時候。

the molecular structures that

的分子結構

hold your cells together break away,

把你的細胞粘在一起的時候就會破裂。

so your tissues collapse into a watery mush.

所以你的組織崩潰成水糊狀。

And in a little over a year,

而在一年多一點的時間裡。

your cotton clothes disintegrate,

你的棉衣會被分解。

as acidic body fluids and toxins break them down.

由於酸性體液和毒素將其分解。

Only the nylon seams and waistband survive.

只有尼龍接縫和腰帶倖存下來。

At this point, nothing dramatic happens for a while.

這時，暫時沒有什麼戲劇性的事情發生。

But by a decade in, given enough moisture,

但到了十年後，只要有足夠的水分。

the wet, low-oxygen environment

低氧環境

sets off a chemical reaction

引起化學反應

that turns the fat in your thighs and butt

變成你的大腿和屁股的脂肪

to a soap-like substance called grave wax.

到一種叫做墓蠟的肥皂狀物質。

On the other hand, drier conditions lead to mummification.

另一方面，較乾燥的環境會導致木乃伊化。

That's right, you can mummify naturally.

沒錯，你可以自然地做木乃伊。

No wrappings, chemicals,

沒有包裝、化學藥品。

or intimidating instruments required.

或所需的恐嚇工具。

Because throughout this entire decomposition process,

因為在整個這個分解過程中。

water is evaporating through the thin skin

水份透過薄薄的皮膚蒸發

on your ears, nose, and eyelids, causing them to dry

耳朵、鼻子和眼瞼，導致它們乾燥

out and turn black, aka mummify.

出，變成黑色，也就是木乃伊化。

By 50 years in, your tissues will have liquefied

50年後，你的組織就會液化了

and disappeared, leaving behind mummified skin and tendons.

並消失了，留下了木乃伊般的皮膚和肌腱。

Eventually these too will disintegrate,

最終這些也會瓦解。

and after 80 years in that coffin,

而80年後，在那口棺材裡。

your bones will crack as the soft collagen

你的骨頭會裂開，因為柔軟的膠原蛋白。

inside them deteriorates,

裡面的東西會變質。

leaving nothing but the brittle mineral frame behind.

只留下脆生生的礦物框架。

But even that shell won't last forever.

但即使是這個外殼也不會永遠存在。

A century in, the last of your bones

一個世紀以來，你的最後一根骨頭

will have collapsed into dust.

將會坍塌成塵埃。

And only the most durable part of your body,

也只有身體最耐用的部分。

your teeth, will remain.

你的牙齒，將保持。

Teeth, grave wax, and some nylon threads.

牙齒，墓蠟，還有一些尼龍線。