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[edit] Mary Kingsley
I wondered if anybody else had come across mention of cannabilism in this book? Unfortunately it was some time since I read it and my copy has long gone but my recollection is that she went travelling in mid/late nineteenth century in west africa hunting and collecting specimens of small water creatures and plants and what have you. On her return she published a book of her travels which caused something of a scandal, she having gone as a women 'alone' on a long trek through jungle with 6 african men from various tribes with whom she worked, lived and slept for many months. The scandal arose I recall because she described them all as the individual human beings and friends they were as opposed to being just 'natives' or whatever and this was scandalous at the time because she was female and white. Any way - from recollection at least one of them came from a tribe who allegedly practiced cannabilism and the trip was held up at one point due to difficulties passing through a village where a man to whom this chap owed a debt tracked him down and proposed to get his recompense in flesh from him. MK and the other 5 were held up while this was sorted out. He came from the Fan or the Fang - not sure how it was spelt. It may be that this was just what the others said about him or a joke regularly perpertrated on whites but Mary Kingsley was no fool and also seemed to have no moral preconceptions about how people should live. I'll continue looking for the book but I just wondered if anybody else here had read it? Fainites barley 11:47, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Health ramifications
A major discussion missing from this article is the health ramifications of eating human flesh. It has been documented, for example, the the feeding of animal parts to bovines is a contributing factor (if not the major factor) in the development of things such as mad cow disease. However as noted here there are some cultures who have thrived on cannibalism. So what are the ramifications of humans eating humans? Can diseases such as AIDS be transmitted? Can it cause long-term health problems? Etc. 68.146.41.232 (talk) 17:55, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
!!!!(Reply- Heather, UK- Cannibalism causes Prion disease actually, though only through eating it in the long term (for insatnce if you ate it once it wouldn't develop, but if you make a habit of it- then yes). 'Prion disease' i actually just a term encompassing certain considtions which detrimentally affect the nervous system- mainly it causes a decline in brain function, it can cause memory loss, dementia and even a full blown personality change- in short they tend to go mad alot of the time. Prion disease can occur without cannibalism but it certainly increaes your likelihood of doing so. Cultures may 'thrive' but they certainly not healthy mentally at the very least in general terms)))
[edit] List of cannibals
I think wikipedia could do with a list of cannibals or cannibalism or something such the like. Anyone have the expertise? WLU (talk) 23:37, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Eastern Kentucky cannibalism
I cut this section, as it seems to be based on dubious data. The Crissman citation doesn't pan out (it's in Google Books), the Register reference seems to refer to a bibliography of Lexington in the journal's TOC, and the section in Noodling for Flatheads that discusses prions (also in Google Books) only refers to eating squirrel brains. 4.157.11.171 (talk) 04:03, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
- Yeah, I was too quick on the revert, sorry. The sources do look quite dubious so I've no problem with the section being removed. WLU (talk) 19:57, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Cannibalism in India
The Aghori distinguish themselves from other Hindu sects and priests in India by their alcoholic and cannibalistic rituals.[1] The corpses afloat on the river Ganges are pulled out and consumed raw as the Aghoris believe it gives them immortality and supernatural powers. Why is this statement being constantly removed from the article despite a link to a documentary?Anwar (talk) 11:29, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Hufu
See the wiki article Hufu for a discription of the tofu-like simulated human flesh. Gross...HopieG (talk) 19:02, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Contradiction
"There is little evidence that cannibalism was ever practiced as a routine source of nutrition. It is generally agreed the practice always carried a ritual meaning for its practitioners.[citation needed]"
This is later (partially) contradicted by many records relating non-ritual cannibalism, practiced as a means of survival only. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.238.240.222 (talk) 17:07, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] A bit of cleanup required
Generally it's a bad idea to have entire sections of text in list format, especially if they're full paragraphs; lists weren't really meant to do that. Perhaps the simplest way would be just to remove the bullet points and turn the thing into stand-alone paragraphs (perhaps with further subsectioning), but if anyone has any better ideas on reorganising the text, it'd be great. --wwwwolf (barks/growls) 08:27, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] about Jakupek
"Police reported that Jakupek rehearsed several cannibalistic acts on approximately 20 cats"
How *cats* can be cannibalised? One may eat cats or not (most probably never tried). I don't know if cats are edible (probably they are), but it's not a cannibalism of any sort. What if he had eaten 20 chickens, or 20 pigs, or 20 cows? --80.50.43.90 (talk) 11:59, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
