Thanks Tigger.

Yes, I'm aware that I need a tech upgrade to bury the dead. I've got that, but I'm still PO'ed that my healers were abducted by aliens. At least now the poor sods are able to fish. For a while there it was tough sledding with 6 kids and 5 adults (one caring for a baby). It didn't give me a lot of room to maneouver. Having (another) whale wash up on shore (at least I think it was in this game that the first one washed up) was the saving grace.

Until the fix is out, the dead can decompose on the sands all by themselves. I'm not willing to lose another Sim to the bagaries of the code.

Cheers everyone!