1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:04,690 SPEAKER: I look in that fridge and it's pretty disgusting. 2 00:00:04,690 --> 00:00:08,010 There are things that are oozing black liquid at the bottom. 3 00:00:08,010 --> 00:00:10,850 There's shrivelled up things in the corner. 4 00:00:10,850 --> 00:00:12,780 And there's a smell that I don't really 5 00:00:12,780 --> 00:00:16,600 want to ask where it came from. 6 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:20,130 But where does all of that come from? 7 00:00:20,130 --> 00:00:23,310 And the answer is decomposition. 8 00:00:23,310 --> 00:00:28,030 Because it turns out we aren't the only ones that eat food out 9 00:00:28,030 --> 00:00:29,650 of our fridges. 10 00:00:29,650 --> 00:00:31,500 There's bacteria and fungi in there 11 00:00:31,500 --> 00:00:36,690 that break down organic material and that's how they survive. 12 00:00:36,690 --> 00:00:40,620 And so that's how you end up with broccoli that 13 00:00:40,620 --> 00:00:42,650 has its cell walls broken down. 14 00:00:42,650 --> 00:00:46,640 And so all of its water and nutrients and other liquidy 15 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:50,160 things flow out and make this disgusting black ooze. 16 00:00:50,160 --> 00:00:53,440 And that's why you get the fats in meat being broken down, 17 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:56,370 releasing this just terrible rancid smell. 18 00:00:56,370 --> 00:01:00,130 And that's why the inside of a peach gets eaten away 19 00:01:00,130 --> 00:01:02,640 and so there's nothing but the exterior, which 20 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:05,129 collapses on itself, shrivelling up like I 21 00:01:05,129 --> 00:01:07,820 do in a social situation. 22 00:01:07,820 --> 00:01:10,740 And I guess if you want to know how that happens, 23 00:01:10,740 --> 00:01:12,870 we can find out.