Okay so depending on the area depends on how the body will decompose!!

Like if it was a body in water not only would fish and parasites eat it by tiny bites the skin would become baggy and lose same with the joints and also if it was summer or just warmer months the body would end up bloating and popping!

Colder areas the body stayed reserved obviously, it still would decompose but its more internally rather than externally

Moist damp climates or just bodies left in the spring or even at least middle autumn lead to the body becoming infected with mushrooms and bugs and the worms to eat it as well with maggots and such just bugs in general..

Started my experiment today!

How Do Bodies Decompose in Jello?

For this experiment I purchased 6 frozen mice from the store (feeder mice), as well as two packets of normal jello, and one of sugar free jello.

The jello was prepared as per instructions, but one of the normal jellos was turned into a jello shot by adding a half cup of vodka and half cup of cold water (in addition to the cup of hot water used to make the jello as per instructions). The jello was allowed to cool to room temperature before adding in the mice, and the mice were thawed before being placed in the jello. For my “control group” I have one mouse in water (maceration), and one in the open air. For fun I also have one soaking in Shock Top ale…just ‘cause we had a spare mouse and have had this ale sitting around for a while with no one wanting to drink it, lol.

The mice and jello/water/ale were all put into glass mason jars with the lids being replaced by cheese cloth (to discourage flies but still allow gas exchange to happen). These jars were then kept in the fridge overnight, and today (Oct 28th) were placed outside in a glass aquarium. The aquarium has a mesh lid that has more cheese cloth taped over the top (because, again, I really don’t feel like attracting flies, but do want air exchange). The entire setup is on my east-facing back porch where it will have exposure to outside temperatures, but not rain or wind. This experiment is taking place in northern Nevada (Reno area), so high desert with very low humidity. We currently have been having warm, sunny weather, though it may start snowing/have freezing temperatures once November hits.

I will be taking pictures daily most likely in the afternoons around 5 (after work) and try to document the progress in writing daily. When I feel enough time has passed to allow for decomposition (most likely judging by the maceration and open-air mice) I will call the experiment “complete” and take the mice out of the jars to inspect. Once the entire thing is finished I will upload a video on my YouTube channel and share the link here. I expect this experiment to last at least until January, maybe longer if the temperatures are consistently freezing this year.

For the first time this weekend, a woman was buried in the Netherlands in a living coffin made of hyphae - a structure of fungus. The Loop of Life coffin weighs about as much as an IKEA cupboard of the same size, breaks down quickly once underground, and stimulates decomposition, inventor 26-year-old Bob Hendrikx from TU Delft said to NRC.

The coffin is "grown" from mycelium, the root network of mushrooms. To create it, food like hay or hemp is placed in a wooden box-shaped mold. Fungus is added, and watered a little every now and then. Within a few days, a three-dimensional network grows that acts like a natural glue, Hendrikx explained to the newspaper. When the mold is filled with mycelium, the growth process is paused by not adding any more nutrients.

Hey Nonnie, we are sorry that tumblr ate your ask.

You prompted Sherls to look up some really cool pics from Lake Natron.

Salts make a good natural preservative, so high salt contents combined with dry weather means you might have natural mummification on your hand, unless scavengers get really desperate for food. 

(That shouldn’t be a thing though, most carrion don’t want salty food, nor do they want to get stuck in an environment where food isn’t likely and they can get stuck in.)

I don’t want to do that, but if I have to, I will.