Do fingernails and hair really continue to grow after death?

Subject: Do fingernails and hair really continue to grow after death?

Posted by Jenny Martin
Grade level: grad
School: no, thank you, i'm full
City: Indianapolis State/Province: IN
Country: USA
Area of science: Medicine

Message:

If so, how?  and more compelling, WHY?  There must be a biological
purpose for this, yes?  Or is it just one of nature's freaky things, like
the duck-billed platypus?

Re: Do fingernails and hair really continue to grow after death?

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