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tedkaczynskiofficial · 5 months ago

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The dangers of a bog aren't really the things that cause them to preserve bodies so well. The danger is mostly drowning/suffocation if you fall into a sink hole, rather than the fact that the water is deoxygenated... you couldn't breathe the water even if it had oxygen. This is a bit like saying "The ocean causes giant ships to rust, imagine what it could do to you!" when the primary dangers of the ocean are drowning and exposure.

#like yeah don't horse around in bogs #they are dangerous #but that's largely unrelated to their soft-tissue preserving proprties #fun fact tho: they also dissolve bones #a lot of bog bodies are found boneless or with very weak bones because the peat is really good at absorbing calcium #again this is something that takes a lot of time and isn't an immediate danger to humans #but it's interesting that someones skin and hair can be so finely preserved even if their bones aren't #sorry if this comes across as pedantic but people use this line of thinking for things where it actually causes harm #so i feel like it's relevant to point it out when it pops up

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