You don’t need to be a certified detective to solve a mystery. Because nature provides a treasure trove of clues. Take forests, for example. If a murder happens in the forest, you can easily tell that with a little bit of observation and help from scientists. Forests have an uncannily brilliant ability to preserve the evidence of a crime scene. Everything in a forest acts as a silent witness to the crime and locks clues and evidence inside it for humans to discover. For example, if a bullet or a weapon gets lodged in a tree trunk, the trunk temporarily encases it like a nut in the shell. By checking the tree rings, a human can tell the time when it got lodged. Time can also be revealed by testing the age of insects and their eggs. Because as soon as a body is deposited into the soil, they immediately arrive to feed and breed on it. Humans can also discover secret graves by observing if the roots are grown in an unevenly or disruptive manner. Then, there’s the chemistry of the soil that holds more evidence. When there’s a decomposing dead body in the soil, it releases a lot of nutrients from its bodily fluids, flesh, and tissues. Plus, the pollen sticking to these can act as fascinating clocks that can reveal the location where the body visited before dying and the time it died.
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