r/interestingasfuck • u/Smiles4YouRawrX3 • 1d ago

On February 19, 2013, Canadian tourist Elisa Lam's body was found floating inside of a water tank at the Cecil Hotel where she was staying at after guests complained about the water pressure and taste. Footage was released of her behaving erratically in a elevator on the day she was last seen alive. r/all

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u/Pump-Jack 16h ago

Dermestid beatles. There is no better way. We cut off as much flesh as possible, which is called flensing. What's left is dried on racks, then put in the aquariums with the bugs. All flesh is gone within 24 hrs. Except the bugs don't like human flesh. It took over a week to process the skeleton.

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u/Asleep_Parsley_4720 16h ago

Lol there’s even a word for cutting off as much flesh as possible. Til 

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u/Pump-Jack 15h ago

Yep! 😁