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Dr. Donald 'Ducky' Mallard : Mr. Palmer, we have to recover all of this
[the exploded soup from the crypt]
Dr. Donald 'Ducky' Mallard : .
Jimmy Palmer : One wet-vac for the solyent green coming right up.
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Officer Ziva David : Be careful, Doctor, we still haven't found traces of the cause of the explosion.
Dr. Donald 'Ducky' Mallard : If my suspicions are correct, Officer David, the "bomb" is all around us. It's a phenomenon in the death industry, formerly referred to as "exploding casket syndrome."
Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs : The floor is all yours, Duck.
Dr. Donald 'Ducky' Mallard : [chuckles] Thank you, Jethro. All bodies contain enzymes and bacteria. Immediately upon death, they start to break down tissue. Yes, a body can liquefy within a week, especially if it hasn't been embalmed. It's possible that these remains were human in appearance as recently as two weeks ago.
Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo : When someone dumped them in here.
Dr. Donald 'Ducky' Mallard : In such a confined space, as the gases were given off the bodies, without any proper ventilation the crypt itself could become a pressure cooker.
Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs : The bodies were the bomb?