lerdmermer t1_jed4lfp wrote on March 31, 2023 at 3:28 AM

If I'm not mistaken, necropsy and autopsy are synonyms, and neither are unique to the species, etc. So, an autopsy or necropsy applies to aliens as well.

drunkenpengu2131 t1_jed55ci wrote on March 31, 2023 at 3:33 AM

i was gonna humor them and say alientopsy

lerdmermer t1_jed5edd wrote on March 31, 2023 at 3:35 AM

I was gonna say xenopsy, which sounds cool.

drunkenpengu2131 t1_jed5i5t wrote on March 31, 2023 at 3:36 AM

Damnit 😭 and I thought I was the smart one 😂

Ufotopsy

notmadenough OP t1_jed5nhq wrote on March 31, 2023 at 3:38 AM

I like that one, it does sound cool.

drunkenpengu2131 t1_jed5ypu wrote on March 31, 2023 at 3:40 AM

Fine fine I'll let lerdmermer have this one 👽 😆

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notmadenough OP t1_jed538f wrote on March 31, 2023 at 3:33 AM

Necropsy tends to be used when referring to animals, when I've read something regarding an autopsy on an animal, it's always corrected to necropsy. Maybe it's a pedantic thing by the authors.

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