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Australia's first human body farm
More than 500 people have donated their bodies to a research facility near Sydney, Australia, where forensic experts study decomposition. Shari Forbes, a professor of forensic science at the University of Technology Sydney, explains why she set up Australia's first human body farm.
(Image: Prof Shari Forbes, left, Credit: ABC.)
Video by Jennifer Green.
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