There are 27 if not 29 causes of death I can name off the top of my head: burning, infection, blood loos, decapitation, wounding the vital organs/the appendix rupturing (can be fatal, this), slitting the throat, suffocation, poisoning, animal mauling (pigs are a rather interesting animal in that they will eat practically anything, including their own kind - read a book several years ago, it involving Hannibal the Cannibal and was disturbed to learn this, as I didn't know it prior that), breaking the neck, drowning, gutting, falling from great heights/immense impact, impaling, direct gun shot wounds, concussions (it's fatal in that if you go to sleep with a concussion, you'll slip into a coma, and chances of waking from one of those is varied), internal bleeding, cells deteriorating from cancer/ other illness, car accidents (though this might fall under the "immense impact" category), choking, hanging, natural disasters (chances are that there will be casualties), old age (the more merciful cause of death), circumstances/complications (stillborn syndrome, for one, and miscarriage for another), allergies (no joking with this one), exposure to the elements for a prolonged period of time (hypothermia is an example), and malnutrition. 

It's disturbing how fragile the human life is, and that we're all eligible to meet such a gruesome fate, like one of the ones from up above I listed off. We make a good of show of pretending we're not, don't we? 

An acquaintance of mine had commented on the fact I think of death as I do ( and if you refer back to a prior post I made about life and death, you'll know what I'm talking about). He had said it was disturbing that I do have thoughts about death. I didn't mind pointing out to him that death is something we all have to look forward to, so why not think about it? Doesn't anyone ever wonder how they'll die? When they'll die? What all they would have gotten done before they die? I know I do. It's disturbing to think about, yes, I admit that, but does anyone else believe it's better to think about something that could and most likely will happen than not thinking at all about it and being surprised if and when it does occur? We're weak creatures who like believing we're at the top of the food chain, when in reality, when we're left vulnerable and alone, all on our own, we're little more than prey for the predators. Scary, but true. I mean, how many times has a person died from an animal attack when they were without guns and knives and other defensive/offensive weapons? Almost always. 

Life is like glass. It's fragile in that anything can break life, in that anything can break a human's life. Sad, isn't it?