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Title: If i left a dead body out in the sun, would it tan?
Post by: paul.fr on 09/07/2007 15:58:53

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Title: If i left a dead body out in the sun, would it tan?
Post by: dentstudent on 09/07/2007 16:01:46

Is this the same one you couldn't get rid of in the peat bog or have you acquired another?

Title: If i left a dead body out in the sun, would it tan?
Post by: paul.fr on 09/07/2007 16:04:58

Quote from: dentstudent on 09/07/2007 16:01:46

Is this the same one you couldn't get rid of in the peat bog or have you acquired another?

just working my way down the list of people, i think i may need different "disposal" systems!

Title: If i left a dead body out in the sun, would it tan?
Post by: Karen W. on 09/07/2007 16:42:06

LOL LOL!!! OH MY GOSH!! Wouldn't the body stop producing meletonin but contiue tan because of what was already produced by the sun in the skin?

Title: If i left a dead body out in the sun, would it tan?
Post by: JimBob on 09/07/2007 23:47:36

I do not believe that a body would tan after it dead. To tan, the skin must be alive. A "tan" is when melanin is released by the cell. It needs to be alive to release anything.

Title: If i left a dead body out in the sun, would it tan?
Post by: Karen W. on 10/07/2007 05:10:59

Quote from: JimBob on 09/07/2007 23:47:36

I do not believe that a body would tan after it dead. To tan, the skin must be alive. A "tan" is when melanin is released by the cell. It needs to be alive to release anything.

That is cool I was not sure how that would work. Hey Jim bob so it is melanin not meletonin? I must have them confused in my head. LOL Thanks Jim Bob!

Title: If i left a dead body out in the sun, would it tan?
Post by: paul.fr on 14/07/2007 17:08:09

an answer from Chris or Kat, i forget which one.

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When the body dies, your cells don't immediately stop your metabolism winds down over a short time. Tannig involves production of melanin in cells in the skin, and so would probably continue for a little while after death.