Bodies

probably decomposed or eaten by fish/plancton or something...

don't know though...

Human remains did not survive the 90+ years laying on the bottom of the ocean, however during Robert Ballard's second expedition to the Titanic, He captured a haunting image of two boots laying in the same position they were when there were feet in them...a haunting reminder of the lives lost. Since then, similar sights were found. Ballard also came across a porcelin doll's head which startled Alvin's crew seeing a stark white face staring at them in the darkness.

No they weren't because after over 90 years under the sea the pressure, currents and bacteria had broken down everything. Some people had gravemarkers but they were just polished or treated leather shoes side by side or protected wood which maybe wouldn't be decomposed as easily. Some people claim to have seen skulls - they may have, but they are most likely china dolls heads.

He did WHAT in his cup?
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Not only were some bodies recovered in perfect shape inside the remains of the Titanic, But they also found living survivors!
They found 5 people still living who had found an air pocket to live in.
At the time the Titanic sank the 5 were only very young children.
They lived inside the air pocket for over 90 years eating fish and singing songs to one another.
All 5 survivors had cameos in the Titanic movie.
They were really happy to get out of that ship after 90+ years because they were tired of eating fish and they all went to Micky Ds after they finally got back to land.

I'm not trying to be condescending or elitist, but it is obvious that many of these arguments are being made by people without a whole lot of education/experience in these matters. Here is the truth of this matter:

There are no bodies left in the Titanic.

While other posters have referenced several different shipwrecks to support their claims that bodies may still exist, those shipwrecks were not being subjected to the same environment as the Titanic. Any freshwater wreck will always take longer to decompose than a saltwater wreck, because the corrosive properties of salt hastens the decomposition process. Also, wreckage that exists in shallower waters are not subjected to the same micro-organisms that a deep-water wreck would be. In fact, if the shallow-water wreck is in a area that can still be reached by sunlight, they typically will become overgrown with coral, which helps preserve the wreckage by cutting down the surface area of the wreckage that is exposed to salt-water.

Deep sea micro-organisms (specifically the bottom-dwelling ones) are specially evolved to feed off of dead organic material. Remember, with no plant life at the ocean bottom, the base of the deep sea food chain begins with the dead material that floats down from above. All of the flesh from the bodies still onboard the titanic would have been gone within 5-7 days. Any cloth or untreated wood would be gone within 10 years. Bones are tricky. There are some micro-organisms that will consume calcium, but I cannot be sure if they would have been present in the Titanic wreckage. If so, the bones would have been gone in under a year. If those organisms were not present, saltwater would have dissolved them in around 5 years. Treated wood will eventually be eaten away, as well, but the timeframe depends on which specific chemical was used for the wood treatment. As we can clearly see in this documentary, some of the doors/furniture are still being decomposed. Treated leather is the same, with decomposition time being dependent on the method of chemical treatment. Iron will eventually be dissolved by the saltwater, but it may take decades, sometimes centuries. Glass and ceramics will not decompose.

in this documentary I think someone mentions peering into a porthole and seeing a ladies shoe with the laces tied, implying it was worn and the body dissolved away (similar to the infamous picture from a Ballard mission of two boots lying next to each other - ie a body was once in them)