Did I watch the Grammys? No. Did I think about Jumbo the elephant and embalming vs taxidermy instead? Absolutely. Morbid Monday Eve — catch up before tomorrow’s new episode. 🐘⚰️ #morbidmonday #embalming #educational #mortician #history | Lauren the Mortician

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When Vladimir Lenin died in 1924, he wasn’t buried. Instead, his body was embalmed and placed inside a mausoleum in Moscow’s Red Square, where it remains on public display more than a century later. But this isn’t traditional embalming. Roughly every 18 months, a specialist team of scientists performs an intensive preservation procedure. The body is submerged in a chemical solution of glycerol, potassium acetate, alcohol, and formaldehyde to prevent decay. Because Lenin’s blood vessels were seve