Stiff - the Curious Life of Human Cadavers

Do you know why cadavers look swollen after theyserve it as soup for the mother in laws when they
rot? That is thanks to all those little flesh eatingfall ill.
creatures we call maggots and bacteria. They tooTHOSE are some of the stuffs you'll learn from Stiff,
have secretion system. The only different is, whenThe Curious Life of Human Cadaver.
we die, our muscle stops working (d'oh!) thus OURIt's been around for quite sometimes, so I was late
secretion system fail to dispose any garbage withinreading it.
our body. Voila! We become their toilet.The writer's style is totally cool and funny. If you
Have you seen Wizard of Oz? One of the charactersthink you'll be reading a boring texbook-like book,
"melts" when she dies. That's what happens toyou're absolutely wrong. I giggle while reading it. And
cadavers too. They simply melt after awhile.for that, I earn a name of "Girl with weird taste of
Human is supposedly still alive even after the bodiesbooks."
are separated from their heads, they will stay alertIt is written by Mary Roach a columnist in among
and aware of their surroundings, and most probablyothers Vogue and GQ magazines.
still able to feel pain.Drop by to the excerpts page for some quick peek.
There's and old tradition in China that daughter inTotally recommended!! As long as you don't get
laws should show their respect to their mother innauseous easily.
laws, by providing some of their own meat and