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tragic and extreme, but vultures gotta do what vultures gotta do.

It's called a "sky funeral" and it's what I want.

If my decomposing carcass helps nourish the roots of a Juniper tree or the wings of a vulture-that is immortality enough for me. And as much as anyone deserves.
Edward Abbey

Sierra Ledge Rat wrote:It's called a "sky funeral" and it's what I want.

+1
The Zoroastrians have a similar practice with their Towers of Silence, although a wilderness setting is appealing.

Freakin' vultures, man. In France, I was SURE they would have frisked her first for hidden bottles of wine or blocks of cheese before getting to business.
You just never know these days.

The Circle of Life . . . .

Tibetan sky burial...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6hSK8CluxQ[/youtube]

fossana wrote:

Sierra Ledge Rat wrote:It's called a "sky funeral" and it's what I want.

+1
The Zoroastrians have a similar practice with their Towers of Silence, although a wilderness setting is appealing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsi_peop ... e_deceased

You beat me to it! There is a great John Irving book("A Son of the Circus") with this practice as a central theme.

that is absolutely ridiculous. I don't know what else to say. The person next to me who I just told the headline to just said, "that's crazy" after considering it for a few moments. This is straight out of a bad movie.
[6] for the ents, there must be some of you here...