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there is a rather strict social taboo in many societies against canablism. and most state laws don't out right ban it (it's so unthinkable!)but there are many laws concerning treatment of bodies, and how human bodies must be accorded respect, etc. the social taboo is rather strict. Member of the Donner family have changed their names!-- 150 years later they are still well known.
there are some real biological reason to abstain from canabalism, Kirku, (i'll check the spelling and come back and edit if needed) is a brain disease in human, first found in a south pacific tribe that practiced canabalism.. it is a human form of what is common called Mad Cow Diseease, which is just one of a collection of trasmitable Spongiform ensephelitis.. (TSE)-- mad cow is Bovine SE, or BSE. BSE became an issue because "high protein" cow feeds were made up off cow and other animals (notable sheep)sheep, what is it with sheep on this board!, forcing normal grass eaters to become canablistict.
this canabalism spread the disease rapidly.
TSE's are a very interesting subject, i used to follow closely, but as late, almost all the web site i know tracking BSE in the UK have shut down. there is tons of info out there, (i haven't had a chance to look, of late.)
there are other diseases that can be spread the same way.
some reptiles, especially croc's and gator's do it, but its is uncommon among higher level animals.. even lions, that will kill cub in a pride that they did not sire, do not eat the cubs.
(and unless you ate jimmy hoffa years ago, when he was fresh meat, you win the prize for most disgusting food!)
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cannibalism and the law
So, ladymoon, you question is that (aside from the circumstance of survival) if you somehow unknowingly
consume human flesh, and somebody can prove conclusively that you did, then are you libel for prosecution under international, federal, or state law?...Interesting proposition. But, alas, all I have to offer in answer is that I can only surmise it to be a very sticky wicket.
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For a very profound but disturbing true story: In The Heart of The Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick, which won the National Book Award for 2000.
Reminiscent in some ways of Shackleton's Endurance. By the way, a TV miniseries on the Shackleton South Pole expedition's trials started here about an hour ago.
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The Donner tragedy during the Gold Rush.
Donner Party, group of American migrants to California in 1846-47. Two families, the Donners and the Reeds, accounted for most of the 87 members of the party, which left Sangamon County, Illinois, in 1846, under the leadership of George Donner. After considerable difficulty crossing the Great Salt Lake in Utah, they were trapped by heavy snows in the Sierra Nevada in November. Forced to camp for the winter at a small lake, now named Donner Lake, about 21 km (about 13 mi) northwest of Lake Tahoe, they suffered enormous hardships, and members of the group resorted to cannibalism in order to survive. Forty-seven of them were eventually brought to California by rescue parties over what is now known as Donner Pass.
"Donner Party," Microsoft(R) Encarta(R) 98 Encyclopedia. (c) 1993-1997 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
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I once saw a budgie feasting on his/her dead cagemate in K-mart. Now that was disgusting and revolting.
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" I wonder how many non-Zilders have ever seen footage of rabbits eating rabbits?"
Dear Max: I have never heard of this. I wonder if it represents some deficiency in the environment in the protein they need. Surprising also that the usual scavegers do not beat them to any carcass.
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Dear Max: I had no idea they had gotten that numerous. Two bad that twin disease thing that worked so well fifty years ago stopped working. A virus disease that would kill over ninety percent, and a bacterial disease almost as good. I never did hear why it stopped working. What other control schemes were tried?
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