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		tsmarsh on May 8, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Food Practices Banned in Europe But Allowed in the... I did some work with a guy who was asked to figure out how much accelerant was needed to burn a pile of cows. I knew burning them was a last resort, I hadn't figured that it was actually hard to do.

gngeal on May 8, 2013 [–]

There's a lot of water in animal bodies. I guess it's like trying to light a log of very wet wood, if not worse.

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