It seems that not even the mellisonant waiver of death can put an closing to the dead body ’s movements . And no , we are not talking about zombies . accord to new research from Australian scientist , clay are not that stiff after all and move about for over a year after end due to the process of decomposition .
The enquiry was conduct at a body farm in Australia where investigator study how bodies decompose . This , in turn , can improve forensic techniques . The squad depend at a metre - relapse of a decomposing body read every 30 minutes over a period of 17 month .
The researchers expected to see some apparent movement in the early days after expiry , but they witnessed movement for more than a year and a half . The motions could be the result of ligaments dry out out .
" What we get hold was that the arms were significantly move , so that arms that started off down beside the body finish up out to the side of the physical structure , " lead researcher Alyson Wilson toldABC News Australia .
The study is yet to be publish but the squad has recently completed an investigating using the same time - oversight coming to amend post - mortem time estimate . That body of work , publish in the journalForensic Science International : Synergy , looked at the first six month after last and gained insight into the undecomposed time of Clarence Day to reckon rot storey .
" This research is very authoritative to help oneself law enforcement to solve crime and it also attend in tragedy investigations , " Wilson excuse . " It ’s important for victims and victim ' family unit , and in a quite a little of cases it gives the dupe a voice to tell their last story . "
The research was acquit at theAustralian Facility for Taphonomic Experimental Research(AFTER ) , which was set up three years ago in the bushland outside of Sydney , the only facility of this kind locate in the Southern Hemisphere . A amount of 70 bodies have been donate to this dead body farm so far .
The decomposition time par was devised and tested in the Northern Hemisphere , so induce a installation like AFTER has allowed researchers to confirm that the approach is still valid even in the dissimilar environment of Australia .
[ H / T : ABC News ]
