Yeah, burial is mostly just to make sure critters don't drag your rotting bits out into the open and your putrid parts don't contaminate the water supply.
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That was the one stuffed animal I chose during my single visit to Disney World in the 80s.
I'm retrospect, I wish I had gotten that gross little gremlin from the Captain Eo ride, but I think I was too flabbergasted to make any purchasing decisions when we passed through that gift shop.
Edit: The gross little critter was named 'Hooter'.
I might be an outlier, here, but I went to school with an Odysseus that went by Odie back in the 90s. Guys full name was Odysseus -McIrishname- and he was pretty much the main character from the start.
I think scaring them over Cliff sides came into okay as well, though you aren't wrong.