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Post by Moose on Oct 13, 2016 2:32:17 GMT
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Post by tangent on Oct 13, 2016 6:31:23 GMT
It's about dead bodies decomposing for forensic research.
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Post by JoeP on Oct 13, 2016 9:45:48 GMT
It's graphic!
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Post by JoeP on Oct 13, 2016 9:46:38 GMT
I haven't watched it yet but you only said we couldn't watch it and then complain so I'm getting my complaining in first.
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Post by Moose on Oct 13, 2016 19:24:53 GMT
I thought it was interesting. I'd be happy to go to one of those (once dead) if there was one nearby.
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Post by tangent on Oct 13, 2016 20:47:46 GMT
Would you be happy taking the photos (assuming you weren't dead)?
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Post by Moose on Oct 13, 2016 22:04:41 GMT
Yes.
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Post by tangent on Oct 13, 2016 22:35:49 GMT
I see.
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Post by Moose on Oct 13, 2016 23:23:52 GMT
Wouldn't you?
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Post by tangent on Oct 14, 2016 9:10:49 GMT
No, but I would do if it was my job.
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Post by Miisa on Oct 14, 2016 12:33:52 GMT
I was introduced to the idea of such places in Patrica Cornwell's The Body Farm, some time in the mid-90's. There seem to be quite a few of them in the US, not sure about elsewhere; they are kept rather secret and secured to prevent vandalism and interference.
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Post by Moose on Oct 14, 2016 22:57:18 GMT
Steve - when you asked 'would I be happy taking the photos' do you mean 'would I get a kick out of it'? Cos no, I would not. But I'd do it if it needed doing and it would not bother me.
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Post by tangent on Oct 14, 2016 23:56:47 GMT
Steve - when you asked 'would I be happy taking the photos' do you mean 'would I get a kick out of it'? Cos no, I would not. But I'd do it if it needed doing and it would not bother me. No, I was asking whether the job would be difficult for you.
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Post by Moose on Oct 15, 2016 20:03:16 GMT
No more difficult than any other that involves going out lol
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Post by spaceflower on Oct 18, 2016 12:42:18 GMT
I dare not look.
But since my English is not perfect, I assumed "body farm" being a place where especially healthy and good-looking humans were breeded. I did not associate "bodies" with corpses.
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Post by tangent on Oct 18, 2016 20:43:31 GMT
I would not accept a job working on a body farm unless there were an exceptional reason.
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Post by JoeP on Oct 18, 2016 21:12:16 GMT
Um, it's not a job tangent, you have to be dead already to get in.
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Post by tangent on Oct 18, 2016 21:29:46 GMT
Just another reason I wouldn't like to work there
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Post by Moose on Oct 19, 2016 1:26:16 GMT
Like I said, I know I might be macabre but I do find it very interesting. That said, I have no scientific background so I suppose I could only do grunt work in such a place. The process of decomposition - especially human - really does fascinate me though. Were it legal, I'd be more than happy to be left out - after death obviously - as part of some sort of reality experiment so people could watch me breaking down.
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Post by Miisa on Oct 19, 2016 17:34:39 GMT
"I've left my body to science But I'm afraid they've turned it down"
Medical Love Song Monty Python sings
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Post by tangent on Oct 19, 2016 18:41:45 GMT
My aunt left her body to science and they returned it six months after she died. We had a separate burial service for her. It was weird.
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Post by Moose on Oct 19, 2016 19:40:21 GMT
I think the body farm just boxes up the skeletons and keeps them. They'd probably be useful for teaching anatomy classes or something.
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Post by hexgoblinweb on Feb 20, 2017 15:21:26 GMT
Ah, body farms. Aren't they just the greatest, hands-on, teaching materials for forensic students? There's one in Knoxville, Tennessee. That is the most famous. Just lately I found out that the University of Texas is starting a body farm for their forensic classes. You need to a) live within 200 miles of the body farm, and 2) your body must be transported by a reputable funeral home. They do not except bodies directly from families. Once your body is placed, your relatives CANNOT 'visit' you body site, nor do they return the remains after the farm is finished with them, BUT the farm does have a wonderful little ceremony as a why of thanking the person for their help.
I read and reread about the body farms in order for me to be absolutely positively sure that is where I will be going when I leave this shell and go to my reward. I think it is a thrilling idea.
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Post by tangent on Feb 20, 2017 15:44:09 GMT
My aunt donated her body to Sheffield University because they offered her some money for it before she died. We got it back six months after she died. I think we cremated it.
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Post by Moose on Feb 20, 2017 19:35:31 GMT
Hex is right, the body farms don't give them back - I think that the skeletons go to further research institutes. I like the idea of being useful after my death but I don't think there's one anywhere near to me
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