How long does it take for a body to decompose?

Question

After you die

Answer 1

are you planning on using lime to decompose the body faster?

Answer 2

It depends on many factors, especially temperature. Decomposition is hastened in warm weather, hindered in cold. Doubtless you read stories of 20,000 year old mammoths discovered intact in glaciers. A person dying in the open may decompose quite rapidly from the action of insect larvae and possibly from small carnivores, like within a week.

The FBI has a forensic lab (near Quantico, VA?) studying this very question. They use pigs.

Answer 3

er not sure i would want to marry you !!!!

only joking !

IT DEPENDS ON WERE THE BODY IS STORED GENRALLY THE COOLER THE PLACE THE LONGER

EXAMPLE A BODY ON A DESERT CAN DECOMPOSE IN HOURS

A BODY IN ICE WILL NEVER DECOMPOSE x

Answer 4

Why do you want to know?

It's a bit of a morbid question.

Answer 5

plz dont b emo

Answer 6

A lifetime.

Oh after you die?

someone told me two pounds every 24 hours above ground and one pound every 24 hours if it's buried.

Happy Hunting !!!