more NaNo-babble

[lesyeuxverts]

Eeep! It's winter already ... I need a hat, and possibly to give in and switch to my winter coat. I'm such a baby. :(

I've discovered a new character in my NaNo ... Anoinette's ex-bf, he's the occultist. I like him rather a lot already.





So, these are the leaves I was talking about. I'm clearly not a botanist but they look rather like the pic of locust leaves that Mord showed me. Are they from a locust? Who ever knew that tree identification was so confusing?

Also, how long does it take for a human body (female) to decompose? I assume it makes a difference if she had been buried in a coffin/buried in the earth/left in the river (where she drowned)? ...I know it's a really weird question, and I do not need gruesome details, just a general time scale, i.e. years/decades/centuries.



*snuggles you all, because y'all are fabulous*

Comments

[svartalfur.insanejournal.com]

Decomposition: After three or four weeks the skin will skip off like a glove.

Decomposition in drowning victims:

The rate of decomposition is slower than if the person died on land.

Water temperature is the most important factor.

The first sign of decomposition is green discoloration of the skin.

As decomposition advances, gas is formed, increasing the buoyancy of the body, which will then begin to resurface (often after seven to fourteen days).

After resurfacing, the body will usually float, belly up.

Decomposition and putrefaction proceed at a rate determined by the water temperature. Cold and swiftly moving water preserves bodies; whereas heavy clothing and stagnant water hastens the rate of decomposition. Cold water retards rigor.

See here (http://209.85.135.104/search?q=cache:II0-UZs9nAcJ:www.moval.edu/faculty/simmermanj/homicide/chapter_13.htm+decompose+drowned+body&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1), but be aware that there's an image of an ugly eye on that page.

[lesyeuxverts.insanejournal.com]

Ewwwww ... but umm. Thanks for the info, and all that.

*runs off to scrub brain with bleach*

Also a gross image. Perhaps I'll ever escape aahhhhh adsjkf;ladsjf;lkadsk!