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General Science => General Science => Topic started by: stana on 10/12/2007 19:33:45

Title: Why does the smell of rotting flesh knock me sick?
Post by: stana on 10/12/2007 19:33:45

Howcome something like..sulpher doesnt affect me..yet the stench of rotting flesh turns my stomach?

Title: Why does the smell of rotting flesh knock me sick?
Post by: JimBob on 12/12/2007 21:48:00

I think it is possibly a survival mechanism that has evolved over time. As Hominids lost their ability to digest rotten meat - most omnivores have trouble eating meat highly infested with bacteria, we have neither the stomach acids nor the immune system to tolerate it - this physical reaction evolved because someone threw up, survived and their descendants became more and more sensitive to the rotten meat, including the smell.

it just a stab in the darl but makes sense to me!
 

Title: Why does the smell of rotting flesh knock me sick?
Post by: paul.fr on 13/12/2007 15:03:05

".yet the stench of rotting flesh turns my stomach?"

You must go on some strange school trips.

Title: Why does the smell of rotting flesh knock me sick?
Post by: Nobody's Confidant on 13/12/2007 17:19:02

You have no idea.

Title: Why does the smell of rotting flesh knock me sick?
Post by: stana on 13/12/2007 22:51:41

Quote from: paul.fr on 13/12/2007 15:03:05

".yet the stench of rotting flesh turns my stomach?"

You must go on some strange school trips.

Who said anything about school trips?

Title: Why does the smell of rotting flesh knock me sick?
Post by: paul.fr on 14/12/2007 15:16:00

"Who said anything about school trips?"

I was trying to think of where you may be exposed to rotting flesh.