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To: sinkspur

They tried to pull them off shore a couple of times at Galveston, but they kept washing up, so they had to burn them. Very sad story.


5,608 posted on 08/31/2005 12:04:02 PM PDT by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: Knitting A Conundrum
They tried to pull them off shore a couple of times at Galveston, but they kept washing up, so they had to burn them. Very sad story.

Unembalmed bodies retain bacteria in the tissues and the lower cavities for a very long time after death. As long as the tissue gas is present, the body will float.

5,683 posted on 08/31/2005 12:22:01 PM PDT by sinkspur (We who have been given much must help those who now have nothing.)
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