Nearly throwing up

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sunbeamThu 28/02/08 00:50

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Why should the sight of something dead cause me to want to (and almost did) throw up? The 'body' in question was a rat, which I found in a corner of the garden this morning, a long time dead and partially decomposed. I had to move it with a shovel, and while doing so gagged three times, really having to fight off the urge to throw up. But why? It wasn't particularly gruesome, just a dead, rather soggy and partially maggot-eaten rat. Can't understand the body's reflex reaction - can you?

devamaraThu 28/02/08 00:51

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quoting > "Can't understand the body's reflex reaction - can you?"

I can ... but its too late and I'm too tired to explain it

bazzartThu 28/02/08 01:11

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I think it may be the bodys natural defense mechanism left over from thousands of years of evolution.

Probably on these times, when we encountered food (dead meat) which wasn't fit to eat because of disease, it being off etc., the body somehow created the gag reflex/feeling sick thing to warn us in no uncertain way that what we were planning to eat was definetely not a good idea!

Nowadays we know because of development, education, language and other peoples previous experience what not to eat but still remains the reflex, which needs no language or anyone else to explain!!

That'd be my guess at it anyway!

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