How would a monster decay without leaving as much as a trace?

This question is supposed to explain the phenomenon in fiction that I affectionately call the "clean death", where a dead monster disintegrates after being slain. Normally this would be explained by the monster being magical in nature but I am looking for a way to implement this in the actual biology of the creature. The reason for this self-destruct mechanism is to avoid experimentation or capture at the hand of humans. The matter of the creature doesn't disappear due to conservation of mass, but as long as there is nothing left to study that is acceptable.

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How would a monster decay without leaving as much as a trace?

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