08-11-2014, 09:10 PM
Black wrote:
[quote=billb]
several inches of body fat would likely float and get wind driven to a beach
a leaner body would sink for several days and then the gasses from decomposition would refloat it unless the carcass vented and didn't float. Then the perch and trout might nibble at it.
How would a leaner body with a very high alcohol content affect things...?
A "very high alcohol content" from imbibing alcoholic beverages would only be like 0.1 to 0.3 % blood alcohol level, which would not affect buoyancy nor most bacteria involved in decomposition. I don't know if it would affect perch or trout nibbling.