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To: Fred Nerks

Rigor mortis sets in after a couple hours.

It seems like you’re grasping at any possible straw you can find, and I’m wondering why.


783 posted on 08/28/2016 6:56:51 PM PDT by butterdezillion
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To: butterdezillion

http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/rigor_mortis.aspx

it’s simply a learning process:

“...Temperature is an important factor in determining the time of onset of rigor. In normal circumstances and at room temperature rigor is complete in about three to six hours. If the temperature is higher the onset is more rapid — perhaps no more than an hour in tropical temperatures...”

Have a look at Google Images for drowning victims, nicely laid out straight as a board, some of them.


784 posted on 08/28/2016 7:04:07 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (Fair Dinkum)
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