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08-27-2009, 01:35 AM
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Accidental Drowning. Prolonged Submerged Body Found
This woman drowned and was submerged for seven months. Here you can see "wet" adipocere formation throughout nearly all fatty tissue in her body. Adipocere or grave wax or mortuary wax is the water-insoluble material consisting mostly of saturated fatty acids. It is formed by the slow hydrolysis of fats in decomposing material such as a human cadaver by action of anaerobic bacteria. The transformation of fats into adipocere occurs best in the absence of oxygen in cold and humid environment, such as in wet ground or mud at the bottom of a lake or a sealed cask, and it can occur with both embalmed and untreated bodies. Corpses of infants and overweight persons are particularly prone to adipocere transformation.
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08-27-2009, 01:47 PM
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Re: Accidental Drowning. Prolonged Submerged Body Found
yeah i would think that she would be completely gone 7 months in. weirdly fascinating stuff though. on another note, it got me thinking how frightening a theoretical zombie invasion would really be. seeing rotten corpses like the one above walking towards you would be seriously disgusting. |
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08-27-2009, 05:23 PM
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Re: Accidental Drowning. Prolonged Submerged Body Found
I would seriously shit my Depend if something like that ever happened. I'd probably be so scared, I would probably forget my own name.   |
