Insect activityįrom the moment of death flies are attracted to bodies. These enzymes break down the cell and its connections with other cells. On an even smaller scale, enzymes inside individual cells are released when the cell dies. The body's own digestive enzymes (normally in the intestine) also spread through the body, contributing to its decomposition. They eventually break out of the intestine and start digesting the surrounding internal organs. Although the body shortly after death appears fresh from the outside, the bacteria that before death were feeding on the contents of the intestine begin to digest the intestine itself.
