• Question: can people eat other humans?

    Asked by ellapowerxxx to Damien, Suzi, Tim on 23 Jun 2011. This question was also asked by dan7.
    • Photo: Suzi Gage

      Suzi Gage answered on 23 Jun 2011:

      Hi @ellapowerxxx

      They ‘could’, but that doesn’t mean they should!

      If you were trapped after a plane crash or something and there was nothing else to eat would you eat humans?

    • Photo: Tim Fosker

      Tim Fosker answered on 23 Jun 2011:

      Hi @ellapowerxxx

      Surely you can’t be that hungry! 😉

      If you want to it is possible to eat other humans, and some tribal cultures have been known to do just that. However, you are at great risk of disease if you eat meat of the same kind as yourself. I seem to remember prion disease being something you can get, but it is worth looking this up, because I don’t know much about it.

      I hope that helps.

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