tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post377385855498164226..comments2024-03-28T23:22:41.774-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): What should you do with 300 dead bodies?Minnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-50489404138691297002020-07-10T19:23:49.801-05:002020-07-10T19:23:49.801-05:00The typical action for dead livestock around here ...The typical action for dead livestock around here is to bury it, where it takes years to decompose, probably polluting the water table as it goes.<br />I have left many various carcasses, up to cow size, in the most remote part of my small ranch. They first become the world's biggest bird feeder and they can smell pretty bad for a week or so (a down wind place is best).<br />Other critters join in and and the spot where all have ended up is bare, waiting for the next one.<br /> Mendo Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06481821676197739907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-52351687907359502692020-07-09T21:19:11.016-05:002020-07-09T21:19:11.016-05:00Not spooky - just nature. You need to get out mor...Not spooky - just nature. You need to get out more.Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-84231633934173053402020-07-09T20:36:48.016-05:002020-07-09T20:36:48.016-05:00THAT is spooky! the 'i found' part, that ...THAT is spooky! the 'i found' part, that is!<br /><br />I-)<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-44047114293746999662020-07-09T19:57:17.491-05:002020-07-09T19:57:17.491-05:00Carpets of Maggots would be the greatest metal ban...Carpets of Maggots would be the greatest metal band name ever.Hillary2020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-65996992429200462152020-07-09T12:38:13.314-05:002020-07-09T12:38:13.314-05:00The University of Wisconsin Arboretum has an area ...The University of Wisconsin Arboretum has an area I found in the woods, off the main hiking trails, that has been designated as a sort of necropolis, where students can monitor the processes. Carcasses are covered with a wire mesh to prevent carnivores from carrying off the entire specimen.Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-85469042676067719692020-07-09T12:21:35.292-05:002020-07-09T12:21:35.292-05:00i did my own study with a dead raccoon that i foun...i did my own study with a dead raccoon that i found under a spruce tree. i left it there. it took about two months to go to 'nothing', eaten up by flies and carpets of maggots.<br /><br />I-)<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-5086175499270767002020-07-09T03:25:27.749-05:002020-07-09T03:25:27.749-05:00Well that's very mannerly among the scavengers...Well that's very mannerly among the scavengers: "After you" "No, after you, Sir" Decomposition reminded me of Peter Greenaway's 1985 film A Zed & Two Noughts scored by Michael Nyman: one scene has time lapse of various carcasses, including an apple, getting reduced to component parts [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TBNvlyjTQg 2 mins]. To go further, keywords include whalefall and body farm.BobTheScientisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02038631019672961663noreply@blogger.com