55. The Body Farm

Today we discuss body farms and the gruesome yet, incredibly important work that happens there. 
Our oddity is Seppuku.

Sources: 

https://fac.utk.edu/ 

https://bonezones.com/ 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/09/17/alone-death/ 

https://science.howstuffworks.com/body-farm.htm#:~:text=At%20body%20farms%2C%20corpses%20are,and%20their%20rate%20of%20decomposition.&text=The%20first%20body%20farm%20(officially,Facility)%20was%20opened%20by%20Dr. 

https://entomologytoday.org/2017/10/03/the-flies-and-beetles-that-turn-death-into-dinner/#:~:text=In%20forensic%20entomology%2C%20(clockwise%20from,scene%20of%20death%20and%20decomposition. 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2015/06/10/these-six-body-farms-help-forensic-anthropologists-learn-to-solve-crimes/ 

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/19/science/skeletons-racism.html 

https://undark.org/2019/11/11/how-microbes-could-aid-forensic-detectives/ 

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/321792#What-happens-in-decomposition? 

https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/body-farms 

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-41161423 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_farm 

https://www.history.com/news/what-is-seppuku 

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20201124-yukio-mishima-the-strange-tale-of-japans-infamous-novelist

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