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...bored, skint, no charter, and a ship that looks like an explosion in a girder factory...

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Originally by: ReaperOfSly

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More likely the rope would rot first and the corpse would float to the surface and get washed onto a beach. Probably a beach with kids playing around.

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Originally by: ReaperOfSly

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In that case, the corpse's ankles would snap off. A person's ankles are somewhat thinner than other parts of the body, and since the corpse would be floating, they would be under tension. As the ankles rot, they weaken. Eventually, the victim's feet would snap off, the corpse would float free, and wash up on a beach.

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A body in water will usually sink but because the specific gravity of a body is very close to that of water then small variations e.g. air trapped in clothing have a considerable effect on buoyancy. Having sunk to the bottom the body will remain there until putrefactive gas formation decreases the specific gravity of the body and creates sufficient buoyancy to allow it to rise to the surface and float. Heavy clothing and weights attached to the body may delay but will not usually prevent the body rising. Putrefaction proceeds at a slower rate in water than in air, in sea water than in fresh water and in running water than in stagnant water. The principal determinant is the temperature of the water so that in deep very cold water e.g. the North American Great Lakes or the ocean the body may never resurface.

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Originally by: Sokratesz

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Ah thanks. With the relative shallow waters / high temperature near the cote d' azure I assume then that it would float up, but without enough force to pull the block with it.

Then remains the issue of the rotting ankles, will they 'slip off' the rope before the body is devoured sufficiently by the fishies, causing it to surface?, or after, when the remains have already sunken.

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Another case involved a man who was accidentally ejected from a boat traveling at a high rate of speed on a Missouri lake. Apparently, he hit his head, became unconscious, and drowned, disappearing below the surface of the water. The incident occurred in the main channel of the lake, which measured over .5 mile wide and varied from 70 to 110 feet deep. A witness could not closely identify the location of the accident, hampering investigators' attempts to locate the victim. To further complicate matters, the area had a substantial amount of underwater timber that remained from before the formation of the lake. Authorities made numerous attempts to recover the man's body by dragging, scuba diving, and using canines--all of these methods proved unsuccessful. Five years later, the remains of a decomposed foot wearing a sock and a tennis shoe surfaced and began floating in the approximate area of the lake where the man's body disappeared.

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Originally by: SoftRevolution

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Is the book better than the film?

I preferred "Ripley's Game" to "The Talented Mr Ripley".

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Originally by: YouGotRipped

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cote d'azur...
I'm no expert in marine biology but based on what I've read so far I'd bet that given the high temperature the ankles will rot in very short time and scavenging has a lesser impact than putrefaction itself. And yes it will surface.

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8. Are bodies buried at sea eaten by fish ?

Yes. If fish are present to help consume the body, decomposition accelerates a hundred-fold. Fish, crabs and small marine animals quickly begin to feed on the soft parts of a corpse's face. the eyelids, lips and ears are the first to go, and then the eyes, nose and mouth. Dr Carr, former Chief of Pathology at San Francisco General Hospital has said that bodies floating in the cold waters of San Francisco routinely have "shrimps at the orifices".

In some areas of the sea, large fish are scarce, so it is the smaller animal life that feeds on the remains. These small creatures, however, are quite efficient. Evidence of this was seen during the recent exploration of fourteen World War II warships recently found undisturbed in 3000 feet of water fifty years after the bloody naval battle around Guadalcanal. As Robert Ballard, the undersea explorer, said, "All that's missing are the bodies of the thousands of sailors".

Larger animals feed on the torso and extremities, with sharks typically removing pieces 8 to 10 inches across. Throughout history, sharks have been found with recongnizable body parts in their stomachs, perhaps due in part to the shark's very slow digestion time (8 to 21 days). According to Dr. Joseph H. Davis, Chief Medical Examiner for Dade county, Florida, one shark was caught off the Florida coast with an entire human leg in its stomach-from the hip to a sneaker-clad foot.

In one notorious Australian case, a shark that had recently been captured and put into an aquarium for public viewing suddenly regurgitated an entire human arm and hand. This "famous Shark mystery" was eventually solved by matching the fingerprints and a tattoo on the arm with those of a missing person. An Australian court, however, ruled that one arm a homicide does not make-the case was never prosecuted for want of the rest body.

Fish do seem to be finicky eaters. Yet occasionally, when through accident or intent embalmed bodies are buried at sea, fish generally avoid them. Although thses bodies decompose faster than they would after an earth burial, fish do not like the odor they emit, so bacterial activity and the physical action of the sea cause most of their decomposition.

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Originally by: KurmoL

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You're all getting rid of corpses the wrong way. you should get an oil drum. put in the corpse pour in concrete so its 1 massive concrete block then sail to the Marianas Trench and dump it there. Figuring the concrete block is so heavy it will never float even with the gasses building up. the marianas trench is 35760 - 36090 ft deap no one has ever been there. and remember.. no body no murder :')

And NO I do not have experience.

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Originally by: KurmoL

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There is no such thing as security cameras in holland!

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Originally by: Sokratesz

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Would the legs/ankles decompose eventually, releasing the body from the rope causing it to float away?

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Originally by: Death to Dust

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In warm to hot water, a body completely exposed to the elements takes only two to four weeks to be reduced to a skeleton. Carrion insects and carnivorous animals, stimulated by warm weather, play a large role in this destruction. Anything that protects a body from these invaders slows down the decomposition.

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Originally by: Crumplecorn

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NerfBat is now known as the WaveMachine.

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Originally by: P'uck

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sweet, and what you gonna do with all those bones and teeth?

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Originally by: Crumplecorn

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NerfBat is now known as the WaveMachine.

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Originally by: B0rn2KiLL

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Originally by: Sokratesz

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Would the legs/ankles decompose eventually, releasing the body from the rope causing it to float away?

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Hmmm, I like your face.

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Originally by: Sokratesz

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Originally by: B0rn2KiLL

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Originally by: Sokratesz

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Would the legs/ankles decompose eventually, releasing the body from the rope causing it to float away?

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Hmmm, I like your face.

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wanna hook up?

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Originally by: Sokratesz

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sure, and a romantic walk at the harbour afterwards?

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