Top 25 plans Brits have for their bodies after death
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Brits are making sure they live on after their death with plans to turn themselves into jewellery, artwork, and donate their bodies to science. Research of 2,000 adults revealed 29 percent would consider cremation, with their ashes then scattered in a natural setting.
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And 24 percent would think about having their organs and tissue donated, so they could live on through others.
More than one in ten (11 percent) would be happy for their entire body to be donated to science, while others like the idea of their ashes being formed into a diamond (seven percent), or being inked into a loved ones tattoo (four percent).
But it also emerged a zombie was the worst thing Brits feel they could come back as after they die, with 38 percent naming this as their least favourite option.
The research was commissioned to launch video game Dead Island 2,which has teamed up with insurance company, DeadHappy, to give people the opportunity to take out a Deathwish which will ensure there are no un-wanted comebacks in the event of a zombie apocalypse.
Simon Turner, spokesman from game creators PLAION UK, said: Thinking about what you want to happen once you pass on isnt easy for most.
However, were pretty sure most people would agree they wouldnt love to come back as a zombie hell-bent on feasting on the flesh of their former loved ones.
Theres no harm in being prepared for the unexpected and taking out a Deathwish for this unlikely event could pay dividends.
Nearly one in ten want their ashes to be formed into a diamond
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After zombies, spiders were the least popular after-life option for 34 percent, along with a vampire (31 percent) or a pigeon (30 percent).
Other things people wouldnt want to return as include a seagull (28 percent) or a ghost (24 percent).
But it also emerged 23 percent of adults have never given any thought to their own end-of-life arrangements.
And 47 percent believe that in the future, traditional cremations and burials will be a thing of the past, as people get more creative with what they want to happen to their bodies.
The study, commissioned via OnePoll, also found that when it comes to a zombie apocalypse, 18 percent consider themselves at least somewhat prepared for one.
However, only nine percent are very confident theyd survive such a scenario, with 32 percent very unconfident theyd last.
TOP 25 THINGS BRITS WOULD CONSIDER FOR THEIR REMAINS AFTER DEATH:
Be cremated and have your ashes scattered somewhere in nature
Donate your organs and tissue
Be buried under a tree
Traditional burial underground in a wooden coffin
Donate your entire body to science
Be transformed into healthy soil and used for conservation
Be buried underground in a bio-degradable coffin
Be cremated and have your ashes turned into a diamond
Be cremated and have your ashes turned into other jewellery
Be given a Viking Funeral (Have your body sent out into a body of water on a boat and then set on fire with a flaming arrow)
Be cremated and have your ashes turned into a firework
Be cremated and have your ashes buried in coral reef in the ocean
Donate your body to an outdoor forensic anthropology lab where scientists can study human decomposition
Be cremated and have your ashes scattered on the ground of your favourite football team
Be cremated and have your ashes shot into space
Be cremated and have your ashes used to make a decorative paperweight or glass sculpture
Be buried, but not in any kind of container
Be bureid at sea
Be plastinated (a form of preservation) for anatomical education
Be cremated and have your ashes mixed into ink so a loved one could use it in a tattoo
Be fed to the birds, as per the Tibetan ritual of Sky Burial
Be buried inside a gothic-style crypt outdoors
Be cremated and have your ashes pressed into a vinyl record
Be cremated and mixed into paint to create art or a portrait
Be buried indoors in a mausoleum
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