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  2. Human cannibalism - Wikipedia

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    Human cannibalism is the act or practice of humans eating the flesh or internal organs of other human beings. A person who practices cannibalism is called a cannibal . The meaning of " cannibalism " has been extended into zoology to describe animals consuming parts of individuals of the same species as food.

  3. List of incidents of cannibalism - Wikipedia

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    After their arrest, they confessed to two prior murders of young men likewise followed by cannibalism. They stated they had gotten used to eating human flesh during a time of starvation and had murdered out of a longing for its taste. [335] In May 1986, American Hadden Clark killed and cannibalized 6-year-old Michelle Dorr.

  4. Exocannibalism - Wikipedia

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    Exocannibalism (from Greek exo-, "from outside" and cannibalism, "to eat humans"), as opposed to endocannibalism, is the consumption of flesh from humans that do not belong to one's close social group—for example, eating one's enemies. It has been interpreted as an attempt to acquire desired qualities of the victim and as "ultimate form of ...

  5. Places where modern day cannibalism still exists - AOL

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    Every so often we hear horrifying stories of modern day cannibalism. In 2012, a naked man attacked and ate the face of a homeless man in Miami.That same year, a Brazilian trio killed a woman and ...

  6. Berbalang - Wikipedia

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    These Berbalangs are a kind of ghouls, and feed on human flesh occasionally to survive. You can always identify them, because the pupils of their eyes are not round, but just narrow slits like those of a cat. They dig open the graves and eat the entrails of the corpses; but in Cagayan the supply is limited.

  7. Food and drink prohibitions - Wikipedia

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    Of all the taboo meat, human flesh ranks as the most heavily proscribed. In recent times, humans have consumed the flesh of fellow humans in rituals and out of insanity, hatred, or overriding hunger – never as a common part of their diet, but it is thought that the practice was once widespread among all humans.

  8. Cannibalism in Asia - Wikipedia

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    The Aghori are Indian ascetics who believe that eating human flesh confers spiritual and physical benefits, such as the prevention of ageing. They claim only to eat those who have voluntarily granted their body to the sect upon their death, [2] but an Indian TV crew witnessed one Aghori feasting on a corpse discovered floating in the Ganges [3] and a member of the Dom caste reports that Aghori ...

  9. FACT CHECK: Does This Video Show A Recent Discovery Of Human ...

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    A post shared on social media purportedly shows a video of a truck full of bodies recently found in Mexico. Screenshot from X Verdict: False The video is from 2018. Fact Check: Mexican Drug ...