[hermantheshocker]

The individual in this photograph has postmortem changes associated with small fish that feed on soft tissue like eyes, lips, and fingers and gnaw the bone. No further info.



Bodies that are found in the sea will often be decomposed and injured by the action of waves against obstructions or by marine predators, and blood may be washed out of the wounds. These changes may complicate the evaluation of cases. In deep waters such as ocean and sea, many small fish species feed on corpses.



Animal predation, including insect activity, is very different in the water environment. In some cases, the body will be floating on the surface and the usual arthropod predators such as blowflies and carrion beetles will have access to exposed tissue. The immersed portion of the body will be subject to different predators. Aquatic insects may alter the appearance and condition of the remains.



Large animals such as turtles, large fish, and large crustaceans will cause tissue damage that in some cases may mimic trauma to the body. Smaller fishes, crabs, shrimp, and invertebrates prey on soft tissue and if given the opportunity can completely deflesh exposed parts of the body. Fish, turtles, and other animals may aggressively feed on remains and in the ocean environment, large carnivores such as sharks will create postmortem artifacts. It is not unusual for small fish and crustaceans to gain access to the interior of the body through skin and soft tissue defects or even normal body orifices.

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[Karma]

I think I’m going to stop eating fish.
Nah I’m not. We eat them. It’s only fair they eat us.

[Watcher===]

Well

[Watcher===]

Well interesting. Now to just scroll down and see jus....

[Vixənn]

why didn't the fish eat the actual eyeballs out?

[Tracy210t]

[William May]

Originally Posted by Vixənn ↗

why didn't the fish eat the actual eyeballs out?

Eyeballs are REALLY tough. It's hard to cut into them, even with a scalpel.

[William May]

I will salute the little fish the next time I unwrap a Filet-O-Fish!

[Vixənn]

Originally Posted by William May ↗

Eyeballs are REALLY tough. It's hard to cut into them, even with a scalpel.

this is valuable information.
thank you.

[William May]

Originally Posted by Vixənn ↗

this is valuable information.
thank you.

I took a pre-med class in high school, which was mostly made up of students who planned to be doctors. It was a college level anatomy and physiology course, and I took it because I was interested. (I have a tattoo on my chest that says:
"See Mom, I TOLD you I would eventually get into medical school!") (I filled out donation paperwork so they can turn 1st year medical students loose on me and cut me into pieces.) (Hopefully only AFTER I am dead, although I never read the fine print , so maybe I have a surprise coming.) and I had taken full courses my first three years, so just took interesting courses my last year.
ANYWHO, we got to dissect cow eyeballs. And they were TOUGHER than shit! There were eyeballs flying all over the place while people were trying to cut them open. It was a circus. Although I think the instructor, who had a real sense of humor, knew what was going to happen from previous years, but he never said anything. Those eyeballs were soft, but as hard to cut as a bowling ball. And we were all equipped with surgical scalpels with fresh blades.
That was some tough, squishy tissue, let me tell you!