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Decomposition or rotting, very similar to human decomposition. There are 4 phases:

Fresh

Bloat

Decay

Dry

Fresh occurs the first few days following death.

Bloat or putrefraction causes odours and colour changes.

Decay or Butyric Fermentation is mummification.

Dry Decay the last of the soft tissue has eroded skeletonization occurs.

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