Posts Tagged ‘animals’
Murder?! The Maggots Are on It
11, Jun 2010Crime Scene Insects BBC World Service (June 11, 2010) This episode of BBC Documentaries explores forensic entomology: “the investigation of insects recovered from crime scenes and corpses.” Guests include Amoret Whitaker of the Natural History Museum in London, who studies the flies and maggots that congregate on corpses to find clues about the time and [...]
- By: Meg Holle
- In: Death + Biology|Death + Crime
- Tags: animals, anthropology, death and smell, decomposition, forensics, homicide, research
Humans and Pets Cremating Together
3, May 2010Cremation Association of North America (CANA) and International Association of Pet Cemeteries and Crematories (IAOPCC) Announce new Guidelines for Pet Cremation Press Release, March 2010 Pet cremation is big business for human funeral homes looking to branch out into other industries. And normally I wouldn’t just trot out a press release for a Death Reference [...]
- By: John
- In: Cemeteries|Cremation|Funeral Industry
- Tags: animals, cremains
Chimpanzees and their Dead Relatives
30, Apr 2010Chimps’ Emotional Response to Death Caught on Film Ian Sample, The Guardian (April 26, 2010) Chimps ‘feel death like humans’ BBC News (April 26, 2010) We humans have a peculiar relationship with chimpanzees. On the one hand, we like to understand ourselves in terms of chimp behaviors: tool making, group cohesion, even DNA. On the [...]
- By: John
- In: Death + Biology|Grief + Mourning
- Tags: animals, video
Lolcats? No, Death Cat.
11, Feb 2010The story of Oscar, the “Death Cat”, is making the rounds these days. From articles in Discover and the New England Journal of Medicine, to an episode of House to a recent posting on this Danish death-related blog, AND a newly published book, this cat gets around—but only if you’re about to die! Oscar is [...]
- By: Kim
- In: Death + Biology
- Tags: animals, death and smell, pets
Sweden woman’s ‘murder’ committed by elk not husband BBC News (November 28, 2009) So yeah. There are a number of more important articles that I SHOULD be posting to Death Ref right now, but I couldn’t resist this one. Especially since Swedish officials are saying that Elk can become aggressive after eating fermented apples. I [...]
- By: John
- In: Death + the Law
- Tags: animals