Probably. I'll have to ask his uncle.He was likely there when there'd been a massive fish kill/die off. That happens all over the world.
It's funny because I'm a nurse and I've seen lot's of necrotic wounds, majorly infected wounds, flesh eating, just really nasty nasty things and I could change a dressing and go to the cafeteria and have lunch no problem, working on pediatrics our noses could diagnose roto before the stool sample every came back...and any of my fellow nurses here will vouch for that But that autopsy took me a very long time to get over. My father was a dive master for OPP and recovered many bodies that were severly bloated and the officer that day said my autopsy was a clean good one. He said when the Dr puts vicks under his nose you know its bad.
Interesting... I have a scene in my novel where the character visits an embalming house (it's set in ancient Egypt) and he says he can't get the smell out of his hair or his nostrils for days. Glad I wasn't over exaggerating! He doesn't have an appetite that night, but I didn't expicitly link the two. I can imagine that smell would definitely put you off food though, gross. I don't know how anyone could work in that environment. I'd be retching my guts up.
Awww, I never would have thought bears stink! They look so adorable! I guess the same goes for raccoons, as they rummage round in dustbins. The equivalent urban pest over here is the fox - and they really do hum. When I lived in Bearwood (ironic!) they used to roam the streets like gangs, and as my house was a Victoria terrace my window was very close to the road - I couldn't leave my bedroom window open because the stink when they gathered in the street used to wake me up! It's like the smell of a split rubbish bag full of rotting flesh smothered in shit. Horrible beasts.
Raccoons are def like bears, they will eat anything, scavengers. Bears will eat rotting food, it's just nasty. When we are at camp and take the garbage to the dump we love to watch the bears dive in to the bags. It makes for great entertainment
Seriously stinky is correct!I've not been that close to a bear, but a friend of mine went out with a scientist one winter and went in an actual den (they didn't disturb the bears, they were counting or something science-y all proper and to not harm or disturb or leave human traces) and said bears are seriously stinky.