Arm chair biologist here lmao, haven’t heard this.
Thoughts:
if it were living, then dilated arteries would make the surface temp higher and core lower. If constricted it would do the opposite. I doubt that applies to dead bodies though.
Did they say how long after the bodies were taken they made the measurements? I’d bet the excess heat is from more rapid decomposition, but I have no idea. It’s also kind of weird because they usually keep dead bodies in a fridge, and I’d think no matter what process was going on in the bodies the fridge would rapidly overcome that to the point of not being able to detect a difference.
Interesting point about the fridge. I had forgotten all about that. At least in western countries, anyway, that's the norm. So unless they use different protocols with corpses, or were conducting the autopsies virtually immediately, the whole thing makes no sense. The rapid decomposition is an interesting note. I don't know -- like everything else about this crazy plan / scheme --I just don't know.
Arm chair biologist here lmao, haven’t heard this.
Thoughts:
if it were living, then dilated arteries would make the surface temp higher and core lower. If constricted it would do the opposite. I doubt that applies to dead bodies though.
Did they say how long after the bodies were taken they made the measurements? I’d bet the excess heat is from more rapid decomposition, but I have no idea. It’s also kind of weird because they usually keep dead bodies in a fridge, and I’d think no matter what process was going on in the bodies the fridge would rapidly overcome that to the point of not being able to detect a difference.
Interesting point about the fridge. I had forgotten all about that. At least in western countries, anyway, that's the norm. So unless they use different protocols with corpses, or were conducting the autopsies virtually immediately, the whole thing makes no sense. The rapid decomposition is an interesting note. I don't know -- like everything else about this crazy plan / scheme --I just don't know.
Check out the local law paragraph. Apparently refrigeration is scarce. Japan embassy