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A cadaver in the water starts to sink as soon as the air in its lungs is replaced with water. Once submerged, the body stays underwater until the bacteria in the gut and chest cavity produce enough gas -- methane, hydrogen sulfide, and carbon dioxide -- to float it to the surface like a balloon. (The buildup of methane, hydrogen sulfide, and other gases can take days or weeks, depending on a number of factors.) At first, not all parts of the body inflate the same amount: The torso, which contains the most bacteria, bloats more than the head and limbs. The most buoyant body parts rise first, leaving the head and limbs to drag behind the chest and abdomen. Since arms, legs, and the head can only drape forward from the body, corpses tend to rotate such that the torso floats facedown, with arms and legs hanging beneath it.
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Why do a dead body floats in water even it is heavier than the living body?
Its density, not weight that counts when deciding what floats.
Why boiled rice sinks in water and dead body floats?
Rice is more dense than water , while the human body is very less dense than water
Why the dead body float on water?
Many gases produce in body of human. When the man die the water enter the human body and there is no way for air to diffuse out of the human body .As the gasesare lighter so they try to diffuse out of the water due to this the dead body floats on water
If a duck egg floats in water is it dead?
it most likely is!!
Why does a body float in water?
A body floats in water because it is less dense than water.
Why does a human body float?
The uman body floats in water because its density is just under that of water.
Is it bad if your fish turns upside down and floats to the top of the water?
its dead.. Sorry, but I think your fish is dead! :(
How is the weight of water displaced by a floating body related to the weight of the body itself?
As the body floats then the weight of the body and weight of displaced liquid would be equal to each other. Hence it floats
Bird egg aliv or dead?
U can use the water test, put the egg in cold water, if it floats...it's dead, if it sinks it's alive
Why a human body floats on water?
Because you will always have air in your body , if u let it all out you will sink
Does buoyancy have anything to do with your human body being able to absorb water?
no, buoyancy is when something floats on water
Dead body of male floats face downwards and female faced upwards?
HAHAHA NO! thats a lie ! :D
