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Old 08-05-2012, 10:12 AM
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Default It's a Bug's Life (or Death)

Along the same path as the Towers of Silence, anyone who can breed enough beetles of the appropriate kind, put the body (bodies) in a large impermeable container, bathtub with a metal screen covering, burial vault, and let the beetles do their thing. Maggots are also handy for this but not as effective and will become flies eventually. One option open to our Southron brethren, are fire ants. A buckskinning associate of mine tells me he cleans deer skulls and other game skeletons by placing the object on/near a fire ant mound, then coming back in a day or so. (see, they're good for _something_).

When all the feasting has been completed, remove the polished bones from the container, dry and pulverize for garden bone meal.
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