Name: 人體價值多少錢？ (How Much Is The Human Body Worth?)
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Would you be willing to let some sketchy guy slice you open in his basement to harvest

What if you were promised a nice chunk of money in return?

I really hope your answer is still no, but for some people, this payout is apparently

While my animated body is valued at basically nothing, your human bodies are pretty valuable.

Black market organ harvesting from dead and living people is an incredibly huge and lucrative

It's estimated to be worth a whopping one billion dollars.

In this market, kidneys alone are sold to people in need for about $140,000 a pop.

Estimates value a set of lungs at almost $300,000!

But the people selling to the black market are only paid a tiny fraction of these selling

The rest goes to the middle-men and women making the transactions.

And it's not just major organs, all kinds of valuable body parts are in demand on the

Do you think these 1s and 0s would go for anything, because i have a lot of them!

Underground organ sales and transplantations originally came about for a number of reasons,

but a major one is the fact that the legal organ transplantation system is seriously

Recent estimates quote that there are over 100,000 people on transplant waiting lists

in the United States alone and 20 of them die waiting each day.

So, when people are desperate, sometimes they turn to the black market in a last-ditch attempt

With $1 billion floating around this illegal market and massive organ shortages affecting

so many people, some are starting to question whether you should be allowed to sell your

Which got me to thinking, does anywhere allow this?

In Iran, people can sell their kidneys through the government, which then gives them to patients

This very progressive practice came into play in the 1990s in response to the huge shortage

It's been extremely effective and now Iran is one of the few countries in the world without

But it's more than major organs like kidneys and hearts that are in demand.

On the black market, skull and teeth sets are sold for about $1,200.

Bones and ligaments add up to roughly $5,000.

And skin is also surprisingly valuable, with the average person's outer layer being worth

Now, keep in mind that these estimates are just that, estimates.

There's no official price list for black market organ sales.

But when we take all these price points into account, the human body seems to be worth

Does anyone want both my legs, because my animator can just give me new ones!

Would you ever consider donating your organs? or

let us know in the comment section below what we should talk about next?

Curious to know what happens after you die? Check out this video!

The bacteria in your gastrointestinal track will start to break down tissues and cells.

liquefying your body and producing horrific smelling gases like methane and hydrogen sulfide.

as always, my name is Blocko, this has been Life Noggin, don't forget to keep on thinking!