What It Means to Be Buried at Sea

“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]