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8 unusual facts about Cannibalism


Daniel Rakowitz

Daniel Paul Rakowitz is an American murderer and cannibal.

Dante's Equation

Becomes semi-divine Lord of the sentient but violent and cannibalistic denizens of the adjacent-universe, heavy-gravity planet called Fiori.

Early Morning

This made the play extremely scandalous, as did a scene in which the character Len eats another person standing in a queue in front of him.

Java moss

It is especially popular among aquarists raising fry (baby fish) and tadpoles, to protect them from cannibalistic adults.

Parvulastra parvivipara

There is no planktonic larval stage and the directly developing juveniles are cannibalistic, feeding on other embryos and juveniles while in the brood pouch.

Savage Barbecue

Illustrations include some of the paintings and drawings of the colonial period, which show the Europeans' fascination with human limbs on a wooden grill while portraying the exotic nature of cooking meats and fish over fire.

Shadows in Zamboula

The story takes place over a night in Zamboula, with political intrigue amidst streets filled with roaming cannibals.

The Crippled God

On Genabackis in the book Memories of Ice, he was initially successful in using the cannibalistic Pannion Domin to conquer parts of the southern continent.


Adetomyrma

Members of the Amblyoponinae (especially Amblypone silvestrii) are called Dracula ants, after Count Dracula, the fictional vampire, referring to their unusual feeding habits; queens and workers practice a form of "non-destructive cannibalism", chewing holes into and feeding on the haemolymph (insect "blood") of the colony's own larvae.

Agrionia

According to legend, oleaia, the daughters of king Minyas of Orchomenus, who had despised the Dionysian rites, were seized with a desire to eat human flesh of one of their children.

Ancient Pueblo peoples

Suggested alternatives include: a community under the pressure of starvation or extreme social stress, dismemberment and cannibalism as religious ritual or in response to religious conflict, the influx of outsiders seeking to drive out a settled agricultural community via calculated atrocity, or an invasion of a settled region by nomadic raiders who practiced cannibalism; such peoples have existed in other times and places, e.g. the Androphagi of Europe.

Coppermine Expedition of 1819–22

The winter of 1819-1820 was a harsh one, and ominously, the local Indians who came to the post for supplies reported that game had become so scarce that some families were resorting to cannibalism to survive.

Frank Schirrmacher

To prove the superiority of the family, he cites the event of the Donner Party, resorted to cannibalism.

Jean de Léry

He endured the Siege of Sancerre, remarking in his book, History of the City of Sancerre (1574) that his hardships in Brazil served him well, because he taught his fellow soldiers to make hammocks and eat anything, including shoe soles (though cannibalism still repelled him).

Killer ape theory

Concerning the eating habits from then until now, Dart argues that there has always been an ambition to eating meat: grubs and insects, bigger mammals and even human flesh (i.e. distinctive cannibalism) are the results.

T. Winter-Damon

His non-fiction specialties included world mythologies, Meso-American mythologies and ritual, serial murder, sexual sadism, cannibalism, and the occult, published in multiple issues.

The Archaeology of Death and Burial

Edward M. Luby of the Berkeley Natural History Museums reviewed the book for American Antiquity, asserting that it was written in a "clear and lively" manner and praising the detailed nature of the endnotes and bibliography, ultimately feeling that it would be of great use to undergraduate students, who would be particularly interested by its discussion of topics like mummification, bog bodies and cannibalism.

The Knight on the Grid

The title refers to the victim's involvement with the Knights of Columbus, and his placement on a symbolic map of Washington, D.C. by the cannibalistic killer introduced in the season premiere, "The Widow's Son in the Windshield."

The Washingtonians

Apparently, during their stay at Valley Forge, Washington and his troops were stranded without supplies and forced to resort to cannibalism in order to survive.

Undertakers sketch

This sketch, the last in both the episode and the second series, immediately followed the "Lifeboat sketch" (also about cannibalism) and some graphically cannibalistic animation from Terry Gilliam.


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