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Calling 911: What you need to know Calling 911 is for emergencies only, but what counts as an emergency? Bugs and scientists have long been oddball allies in the effort to understand decomposing bodies, but there s a catch. When a person or animal dies, insects can detect that death faster than humans, Dr. Rabi Musah explained, and from as far as two kilometers away. People might walk past someone slumped in a park, thinking they re sleeping, the Louisiana State University researcher said, but bugs and flies will be quickly en route. The flies know it, and they show up within 5 to 15 minutes, long before other indicators people might notice, like odors or changes in bodily fluids. Within...

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