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COMMENTS (2)
Better than burying them or letting them rot in the parks!
Come to think of it, other than the difference in geographic size, that might be a plan for Australia as well!
Better than burying them or letting them rot in the parks!
Come to think of it, other than the difference in geographic size, that might be a plan for Australia as well!
More correctly, I'd say they cremate the bodies. Unless these are pretty unusual rabbits, they won't be netting any energy out of the process.
Even if the bodies weren't frozen, burning a body that is 95% water is an endothermic process (my back of envelope calculation, assuming the rabbit is 95% water, 2% anhydrous lipids and 3% anyhdrous protein, gives roughly 400 kjoule per kg of unfrozen rabbit invested in the cremation). Add in the energy used to freeze the corpse, then thaw it, and this is even more clearly a losing proposition.
More correctly, I'd say they cremate the bodies. Unless these are pretty unusual rabbits, they won't be netting any energy out of the process.
Even if the bodies weren't frozen, burning a body that is 95% water is an endothermic process (my back of envelope calculation, assuming the rabbit is 95% water, 2% anhydrous lipids and 3% anyhdrous protein, gives roughly 400 kjoule per kg of unfrozen rabbit invested in the cremation). Add in the energy used to freeze the corpse, then thaw it, and this is even more clearly a losing proposition.