Composting
Composting
From a science diagrams that look like shitposts community I follow on Facebook
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A guide for how not to peat a dead horse.
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I mean, great advice for decomping really any organic tissues
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I can't afford organic tissues, I just use regular Kleenex.
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Lmao
Not even sure how that happened. Ive had autocorrect off for years
(Edit: wait nvm im just sleepy brained. Funny joke go haha)
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Does this also work on other types of carcasses?
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What kind...
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No need to be worried, they're probably just trying to deal with a pile of human corpses, nothing weird.
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Where's the step that requires me to beat the dead horse?
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Just a bit of extra horror for you: someone I used to know who stabled horses professionally told me that most of the bodies end up being sold to maggot farms. There was a maggot farm near us which had warehouses containing tile-lined troughs several meters long and wide - they looked just like swimming pools but, y'know, full of maggots - and they'd put the carcass in them for the maggots to feast on. If the horse's owners wanted something to bury they'd (brace yourself) cut off the horse's hooves and head and bury those.
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Why are we farming maggots
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Maggot farming is the act of growing maggots for industry. It is distinct from vermicomposting, as no separate composting process is occurring and maggots are used to consume flesh, rather than earthworms to consume plant-based materials. Maggots are most heavily cultivated as a source of animal feed for livestock or fish.
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Nah we just dig a hole with a backhoe and put em in. Why anyone would want dead livestock to decompose over a cement base requiring all this extra work is beyond me.
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I feel oddly proud that this is from my local university. Not sure why.
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Is this easier or more effective than making a shallow grave?
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When burying a dead animal, especially a big one like a house, you can contaminate the ground water and the pathogens stay in the soil for a very long time.
It mostly depends on the soil.
For anyone interested in deadstock disposal (who wouldn't be) I found this great resource : Best Management Practices - Deadstock Disposal
In Ontario it seems that 22% of the farmers are burying their deadstock and 20% of them are composting it.
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Deadstock sounds like a joke but it makes sense lol. Also "who wouldn't be" made me chuckle 🤭
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possibly more effective, as decomp rates would be much higher, but definitely not easier.
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Tell me why my dumb ass read the title as "Constructing a Horse Mortality Pie" and then nearly threw up looking at the pictures...
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From the thumbnail i was sure this was going to be a Saddam Hussein post.
Edit: Dead Evil Saddam Hussein Horse
Suddam Horsein
Glad I'm not the only one