2007-07-24 08:22:39 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
You can donate your body to science and get some money for it.
2007-07-24 08:25:09 · answer #1 · answered by Steve C 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
You'll have to Google for better information on this one, but I remember reading about a "green burial", where the body is merely wrapped in a shroud--no embalming, no casket-- and consigned to the earth. There are several "green burial" cemeteries in the US, and from what the article said, they require special permits to be allowed, though private land has been donated for these sites. "Earth to earth" is the philosophy, and by-passing the entire funeral 'industry' would appear to be the major benefit. I know of no religion that would deny this way of burial...the need for $10,000 bronze coffins has nothing to do with anything but profits.
2007-07-24 15:32:07 · answer #2 · answered by constantreader 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Donate your body to medical science. They come to the funeral home and specially prepare the body, then the family has a funeral quickly after death, and the university or some other teaching facility comes to the funeral home and picks up the body. The family gets the body back for burial or cremation after about 2 years. Talk about a gift that keeps on giving!
2007-07-24 15:26:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Sharks
2007-07-24 15:31:03 · answer #4 · answered by Cutie Pie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd prefer to be cremated. because I don't want to come back as a zombie and eat peoples brains.
2007-07-24 15:28:58 · answer #5 · answered by Handsome Rob 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cremations...it's what we do in my family...then all the ashes are put into the family crypt....
Oh my bad...my phone rang...Sure there are other ways...but I don't know if they're legal....
2007-07-24 15:40:55 · answer #6 · answered by Jypcee 5000 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Concrete, deep lake, trunk of a car in a deep lake wrapped in plastic duct taped at both ends. Use your imagination. Im sure you are smarter then that.
2007-07-24 15:26:40 · answer #7 · answered by holykrikey 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I wonder. I want to be buried right in the ground...dust to dust. No embalming. Or out to sea. But I don't think I can. Is it dangerous to bury a human directly in the ground?
2007-07-24 15:29:54 · answer #8 · answered by Lotus Phoenix 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can pre-arrange to offer your body for medical use - get your parts recycled after death, and the rest of your body used to teach medical students.
2007-07-24 22:37:31 · answer #9 · answered by nanaverm 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cremation is best.
2007-07-24 15:25:21 · answer #10 · answered by ♪ Pamela ♫ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can donate your body to science and be a cadaver for med students to dissect!
2007-07-24 15:25:40 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋