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How does a dead animal smell?

Updated: 9/13/2023
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A dead animal smells bad. There are two main reasons for this.... The bacteria that have lived within the animals stomach - quite harmlessly - during its life lose their source of sustenance once the animal stops feeding and so promptly turn into cannibals. The guts of the animal are eaten away and excrement leaks out. When a body dies all the muscles relax and so the muscles that control the bladder release any fluid that they have been retaining.

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