What It Means to Be Buried at Sea

Edith Zimmerman
The Hairpin
Published in
1 min readMay 17, 2011

“A victim discovered off of Sicily 34 days after death was still fully dressed; a three-month-old body found off the southern coast of Africa had been ‘fully skeletonized’ by ‘highly efficient necrophageous lyssianassids’ (i.e., flesh-eating shrimp-like creatures).”
Another way to reduce your body mass: the sea burial. Which Mother Jones runs you through, from personalized shrouds to the kinds of fish you’ll feed. [Via]

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Edith Zimmerman
The Hairpin

Spiralbound editor. Formerly at The Hairpin. Also now making a newsletter: https://drawinglinks.substack.com