You didn't specify which species so...
I suppose I have seen many many dead bodies, especially working in a supermarket where they are all hacked up and in clingfilm. Some people saying this QOTW is morbid, I say that is.

I never got to see my papa when he popped his clogs, but I've seen a few pets the most notable our rabbit who died 2006. He looked the same except empty, but he was stone cold. I never realised how warm bodies must be before.

I have a strange fascination with cadavers/ghosts/ect, always have. Therefore when I see pics of a dead body I'm more likely to study it intently than flinch away. I've scoured Rotten many a time and am not satisfied.

I would *love* to go to that Bodies exhibition thing and look cose to see how our wonderful bodies work. I'm also very curious about what I'l end up looking like when I'm dead. If I'm dug up, what will the archaeologists see?? I hope I naturally mummify instead of rot... Mummified corspes carry a certain air of mystery about them, as you can see what that person looked like and can wonder about who they were, what their life was like, ect....

Death is what you make of it people.
( vix0r was not Matthew on, Mon 3 Mar 2008, 0:27, 2 replies)

If you're buried in damp soil
you'll rot.

Mummification needs dry conditions to desiccate the body and preserve it from decomposing. Works fine in an Egyptian pyramid but I wouldn't think being buried in a British graveyard would be any good.

Especially if you live somewhere like Stroud, or Hull!
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Mon 3 Mar 2008, 12:46, closed)

@k2k6
Damp soil = rot?

So what about the thousands of years old peat bog bodies?
(Musuko, Tue 4 Mar 2008, 15:45, closed)