What We Do With Dead Bodies

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Everyone dies, but what do we do with those bodies? In this episode of SciShow, Hank explores the various options, from mummification to liquefaction, and everything in between. ----------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/artist/52/SciShow Or help support us by subscribing to our page on Subbable: https://subbable.com/scishow -- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Thanks Tank Tumblr: http://thankstank.tumblr.com Thumbnail credit: Urban Sources: http://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/03/world/lirong-journal-tibetans-and-vultures-keep-ancient-burial-rite.html http://newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/14/alternatives-to-the-traditional-funeral/?_r=0 http://www.cremationsolutions.com/Cost-of-Cremation-Diamonds-c44.html http://www.eternalreefs.com/ http://www.biocremationinfo.com/WhatisBioCremation.aspx http://www.celestis.com/ http://www.resource.uk.com/article/Wider_Sustainability/Dying_be_green-1541#.UlW8YtIqiSo http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-promession.htm http://cryonics.org/prod.html http://www.koerperspende.de/en/body_donation/why_body_donation.html http://www.thelocal.se/33178/20110413/ http://www.chinaculture.org/gb/en_curiosity/2004-10/26/content_62632.htm http://science.howstuffworks.com/s

Published 2013-11-01 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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