Ask Yan - How does food rot?
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Asked by Phoebe from Chelmsford, 22 March 2010
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Dr Yan sets up a time-lapse camera to capture food rotting. It gets pretty disgusting after the maggots hatch.
- Answered by Dr Yan Wong, 8 September 2010
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This is by far the most disgusting film we've made for /bang. Hope it didn't put you off your food?
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Nice... :-)
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