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FUSHIGI
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Oversimplified and from the hip:
Ultimately, aerobic organisms die because some process (bleeding, dehydration, starvation, heart and/or respiratory failure, suffocation, poisoning...) results in tissue (cells) being deprived of oxygen and/or nutrients necessary for the citric acid Krebs/cycle to continue producing energy. The brain consumes oxygen very quickly and loss of consciousness occurs shortly after oxygen stops showing up. Anaerobic metabolism won't sustain an aerobic organism for long.
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