Now that we've figured out how dead things "disappear" when other organisms consume or decompose them, we returned to our DQB to realize there was a big wondering we had:
We built out our initial ideas, before reading some articles on some notorious "dead stuff finders!
We're starting to see some patterns here, in that the dead thing somehow travels to the nose of the organism that will consume it. If the dead thing is in water, the scent, or what we think are particles will travel to the consumer in the water as the water moves. And if the organism is outside of the water, the dead animal's scent/particles will travel in the air and reach the nose of the animal that will consume it.
But how does this really work? Is scent really made of particles? What happens when it's warmer outside or in the water? What happens when it's colder outside or in the water? how does this affect the scent particles from moving? So many questions!
But how does this really work? Is scent really made of particles? What happens when it's warmer outside or in the water? What happens when it's colder outside or in the water? how does this affect the scent particles from moving? So many questions!