From a science diagrams that look like shitposts community I follow on Facebook
Just a bit of extra horror for you: someone I used to know who stabled horses professionally told me that most of the bodies end up being sold to maggot farms. There was a maggot farm near us which had warehouses containing tile-lined troughs several meters long and wide - they looked just like swimming pools but, y’know, full of maggots - and they’d put the carcass in them for the maggots to feast on. If the horse’s owners wanted something to bury they’d (brace yourself) cut off the horse’s hooves and head and bury those.
Why are we farming maggots
Maggot farming is the act of growing maggots for industry. It is distinct from vermicomposting, as no separate composting process is occurring and maggots are used to consume flesh, rather than earthworms to consume plant-based materials. Maggots are most heavily cultivated as a source of animal feed for livestock or fish.
I really didn’t know that. What livestock feeds are they in?
Fish food, cattle feed that sort of thing apparently.
I feel oddly proud that this is from my local university. Not sure why.
Does this also work on other types of carcasses?
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What kind…
No need to be worried, they’re probably just trying to deal with a pile of human corpses, nothing weird.
Where’s the step that requires me to beat the dead horse?
From the thumbnail i was sure this was going to be a Saddam Hussein post.
Edit: Dead Evil Saddam Hussein Horse
Suddam Horsein
Glad I’m not the only one
A guide for how not to peat a dead horse.
I mean, great advice for decomping really any organic tissues
I can’t afford organic tissues, I just use regular Kleenex.
Lmao
Not even sure how that happened. Ive had autocorrect off for years
(Edit: wait nvm im just sleepy brained. Funny joke go haha)
Nah we just dig a hole with a backhoe and put em in. Why anyone would want dead livestock to decompose over a cement base requiring all this extra work is beyond me.
You get why I’m posting it to the memes community.
I mean, you could get a shitpile of compost out do the deal but really…
What’s that leachate coming off my horse compost pile… Tastes like hay…kinda.
My bad, I’m stupid
I never said that Anyway if you read some of the other comments you’ll find they are actual reasons for using this method
Is this easier or more effective than making a shallow grave?
When burying a dead animal, especially a big one like a house, you can contaminate the ground water and the pathogens stay in the soil for a very long time.
It mostly depends on the soil.
For anyone interested in deadstock disposal (who wouldn’t be) I found this great resource : Best Management Practices - Deadstock Disposal
In Ontario it seems that 22% of the farmers are burying their deadstock and 20% of them are composting it.
Deadstock sounds like a joke but it makes sense lol. Also “who wouldn’t be” made me chuckle 🤭
possibly more effective, as decomp rates would be much higher, but definitely not easier.
I guess my perspective is off. I’m thinking this is rare and a grave wouldn’t matter. I guess in reality people need to deal with multiple dead horses at a time at large stables (maybe) and that the faster the corpse is dessicated the faster animals stop digging at it.
I was reading about it: sometimes there’s legislation around animal disposal or situations where you can’t bury - like very stony ground or shallow bedrock
Tell me why my dumb ass read the title as “Constructing a Horse Mortality Pie” and then nearly threw up looking at the pictures…
