Posts Tagged ‘death and smell’
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 a [...]
- By: Kim
- In: Death + Biology
- Tags: animals, death and smell, pets
The Last Post on Haiti’s Dead
27, Jan 2010In Haiti, A Proper Burial is in Short Supply
Frances Robles, Nadege Charles and Elinor J. Breche, Miami Herald (January 25, 2010)
This will be the last post, for a while, on the dead bodies in Haiti. I decided to run this Miami Herald article because it does a good job of summing up the problems the [...]
- By: John
- In: Burial| Death + Disaster
- Tags: death and smell, Haiti Earthquake
Haiti’s Anonymous Dead
19, Jan 2010As Haitians Flee, the Dead Go Uncounted
Damien Cave, New York Times (January 18, 2010)
Last home of country’s most famous families turns from place of respect and mourning into installation of horror
Ed Pilkington, The Guardian (January 18, 2010)
Following up on yesterday’s Haiti earthquake post, these New York Times and Guardian articles expand upon the rushed burial [...]
- By: John
- In: Burial| Cemeteries| Death + Disaster
- Tags: death and smell, decomposition, Haiti Earthquake, mass graves
The Impossibility of Identifying the Dead in Haiti
18, Jan 2010How can a country in the grip of an apocalyptic tragedy deal in a dignified way with its victims?
Paul Harris, The Guardian (January 17, 2010)
The current stories emanating from Haiti are incomprehensibly awful. This Guardian article uses the word apocalyptic and that seems utterly appropriate.
A crisis situation of this enormity is compounded by the [...]
- By: John
- In: Burial| Cemeteries| Death + Disaster
- Tags: death and smell, decomposition, Haiti Earthquake, mass graves, video
Corpse Flower Blooms in Milwaukee
14, Jan 2010Corpse flower to Bloom at Milwaukee Museum
Associated Press (January 12, 2010)
It seems only too fitting. That a seven-foot tall Sumatran “Corpse Flower” will soon bloom at the Milwaukee Public Museum. I’m from Wisconsin so I can make all the jokes I want.
Oddly (or perhaps not so oddly) it turns out that the Corpse Flower has [...]
- By: John
- In: Death + Biology
- Tags: death and smell