• Question: Could we kill someone and peel off their skin and sow it into like a boat?

    Asked by lottieelizabethmk to Mike, Pip, Tianfu, Tim, Tom on 28 Jun 2012.
    • Photo: Tom Lister

      Tom Lister answered on 28 Jun 2012:

      That’s probably illegal.

      Skin is only waterproof because of the oils on it. Once a person dies, they stop producing oils. So when the oils rubbed off it would just get soggy. You could produce a leather from it to make your boat, but you would have to make some sort of frame otherwise it would flop around.

      The boat might also be quite small.

    • Photo: Tim Stephens

      Tim Stephens answered on 28 Jun 2012:

      I’m certain that it’s illegal.

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