Scientists have managed to isolate the 'smell of death'

A new breakthrough in science promises to greatly help the forensic police: researchers have succeeded in isolating the “smell of death”! That's right! This study promises to be useful in training sniffer dogs and even in creating computer programs that can detect the presence of cadaverous odor anywhere.

Tissue and organ samples were collected at autopsy and placed in closed containers. Periodically, the odor of each vial was analyzed for the difference between deterioration of specific body parts. For comparison, dead tissues of some animals such as turtles, rabbits, pigs and birds were also observed.

And most curious, what bears the most resemblance to our odor after death is precisely the pig, which many already claim to be stinky by nature. The scientists came to this conclusion by microbiological analysis of decay agents from the samples collected from each species.

However, the research is not yet complete. So far, isolated parts of the human body have been studied. To come to a more concrete use of the “smell of death, ” one needs to understand how it occurs with the whole body decomposing. In addition, it is necessary to understand how the location of the deceased influences the speed of decay and the manufacture of smell - unlike closed bottles used in the laboratory.

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Have you ever imagined a computer capable of tracking a corpse by smell? Curious, huh?