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What happens to the matter in the body of an animal after it dies?
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The body decomposes.
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What happens to an animal when it is euthanized?
The body decays, or gets eaten by other animals.
What happens to the pig when the bacon is removed from its body?
it dies
What happens to the body of a fish when it dies?
It starts to smell like a dead fish.
What happens to a lizard when it dies?
I think maybe an animal that eats them will see it and come and eat it or it rotts away
When an animal dies. what happens to the matter that makes up it's body list three places where the matter will go?
The matter making up an animal's body, after the animal dies, will be consumed by other living organisms, such as insects, bacteria, and other animals. This will depend on what species of animal has died, and in what environment. For example, a fish usually dies because it has been eaten by another larger fish. However, if it were to died and drift in the ocean, it might be eaten bit by bit by a number of other organisms. Thus, the matter that made up the body of the dead fish will be dispersed bit by bit throughout the ocean, as it becomes part of the bodies of the other animals who have consumed it as food. Also as they swim around, part of that matter will be deposited as waste, which will further be consumed by other fish and micro-organisms. Some of it will drift to the sea floor and be decomposed further there as well. In this way, the matter that makes up the fish who has died, will disperse throughout the local environment. Some of it might even be a part of your body. Even if you don't eat fish or anything from the sea, other land organisms do and some atoms from that dead fishes body could have been used to fertilize plants that you eat. Even some of the water that was a part of the body of the fish could have been drawn into the atmosphere and come down in the form of rain, which you might have had a drop or two in a glass of water, or it might have rained down on some plants which produced fruit that you ate. In this way, the matter that composes the body of any living organism will ultimately spread throughout the biosphere after it dies. Who knows, you probably have some dinosaur molecules inside you right now! Three places the matter will go: 1. into the bodies of other animals 2. into the Earth and consumed by micro-organisms 3. nowhere, as some of the matter will stay put for awhile as the body of the animal can potentially take a long time to be recycled into the biosphere. For example, an animal dying in the desert may simply dry up before it is eaten. Or the bones may be left behind after the flesh is eaten, and bones can last for several years years. However, ultimately, all the matter will be recycled into other things.
What happens to phosphates when a animal or plant dies?
As the body of the plant or animal decomposes or is is eaten the phosphates are used by the consuming organisms.
What happens to an animal when it is euthanized?
The body decays, or gets eaten by other animals.
When an organism dies what happens?
It dissolves almost like. When something dies everything tends to completely vanish due to the fact that the body may rot or become bone matter.
What happens to the body after a person dies?
Like all living things, the body corrupts when it dies.
What happens to a hawk when it dies?
"when a hawk dies it gets eaten by another bigger animal."
What happens to the fox when the rabbit dies?
you mean animal jam?
What happens to the polar bear's body when it dies?
it decomposes.
What happens to the pig when the bacon is removed from its body?
it dies
What happens to carbon after your body processes it?
dies and pollination
What happens to a bat's body when it dies?
same thing that happens to eveyone you retards
What happens when an animal's parent dies?
the animal will be confused as to where the parent is but over time will get used to not having a parent
What happens to a body after it dies?
Your major body systems stop functioning and your body begins to decompose.
