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Question

This may be werid...but I'm just curious. In respect to the men who lost their lives at Pearl Harbor in the USS Arizona...I realize that the bodies would decompose, leaving bones. Do bones eventually decompose in water, too? Or are all those bones lying at the bottom of that watery grave?

Answer 1

This might help:

The speed with which decomposition occurs varies greatly. Factors such as temperature, humidity, and the season of death all determine how fast a fresh body will skeletonize or mummify. A basic guide for the effect of environment on decomposition is given as Casper's Law (or Ratio): when there is free access of air a body decomposes twice as fast than if immersed in water and eight times faster than if buried in earth.

The most important variable is a body's accessibility to insects, particularly flies. On the surface in tropical areas, invertebrates alone can easily reduce a fully fleshed corpse to clean bones in under two weeks. The skeleton itself is not permanent; acids in soils can reduce it to unrecognizable components; this is one reason given for the lack of human remains found in the wreckage of the Titanic, even in parts of the ship considered inaccessible to scavengers. Freshly skeletonized bone is often called "green" bone and has a characteristic greasy feel. Under certain conditions (normally cool, damp soil) bodies may undergo saponification and develop a waxy substance called adipocere, caused by the action of soil chemicals on the body's proteins and fats. The formation of adipocere slows decomposition by inhibiting the bacteria that cause putrefaction.

Answer 2

The bones disintegrated a long time ago. Sea water has all kinds of minerals, bacteria, one cell organisms that would affect bone.

Answer 3

Yes you decompose in water

Answer 4

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Answer 5

The bones will eventually go, too, but they are still there right now.

Answer 6

They disintegrated in the water long time ago.

Answer 7

If they are covered by sediment they may still be there

Answer 8

They're fish food now.