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April 19, 2002

Strange But True!

  • A weekly column of incidental information, off-the-wall observations and other random facts about the world.
    • By BILL SONES and RICH SONES, Ph.D.
    Special to the Journal

    Q. What happens to bodies lost or buried at sea? Are they eaten by the fishes?

    A. Fish will accelerate a body's decomposition a hundred-fold, says Kenneth V. Iserson, M.D., in "Death to Dust." Fish and crabs go to work immediately, as do shrimp, notes one pathologist, which in the cold waters of San Francisco Bay will be found at all a body's orifices.


     
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