Categories of Cannibalism

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[00:00:00]Did you know you or a loved one could be a cannibal? Not me. Accidental or innocent cannibalism is the practice of, you guessed it, accidentally consuming one of your species. Like that class in Davis eating those cookies. Yes.

[00:00:13]Meanwhile, ritual cannibalism has many of its own subcategories like exo, endo, mortuary, and sacrificial. Exo?

[00:00:20]Exocannibalism means eating somebody outside of your community, whether that be as a fear tactic or to absorb their energy. So, if I ate you, I would get the superpower of being weird and creepy? Maybe. Gross.

[00:00:35]Endocannibalism is generally congruent with mortuary cannibalism as one eats a member of their community or family when they die. That's foul.

[00:00:43]>> Or in the case of Chinese filial cannibalism, it's both endo and medicinal cannibalism as a child offers part of themselves to their sick parent.

[00:00:51]I'm not eating my kids no matter how sick I am.

[00:00:54]>> I'm sure the donor party felt the same way, but when it comes to survival cannibalism, the first to perish, which is usually children and elderly, are the first to be consumed for survival.

[00:01:04]Yuck. Medicinal cannibalism was also popular with European royalty. They used things like bone powder, human fat, and blood in their medicine cabinet. Don't they still use them?

[00:01:14]>> Autocannibalism means eating oneself and it can range from chewing your lips and fingernails to cutting off a body part and cooking it. Oh, like that lady that cooked a knee cartilage in the spaghetti. And that foot taco guy. What about, you know, eating out? Is that a Romantic cannibalism means wanting to be consumed by your partner or consume your partner and is usually just a metaphor in fiction.

[00:01:39]The belief is that you'd be together forever. But what about him?

[00:01:43]>> The argument for consuming reproductive cells is undecided. Some believe it is, some believe it isn't. Same goes for urine, feces, and saliva. Oh, and then there's vore. Then there's vore, which is even more fictional as the desire is to be swallowed whole.

[00:01:59]In the animal kingdom there is a species of spider which consumes the male after coitus. Why? To ensure the mother has nutrients to carry the babies as well as to ensure that the father's DNA is passed on. I salute that spider. And certain species of fish take part in filial cannibalism in which they brood their eggs in their mouth. And sometimes they get impatient and hungry and end up swallowing their fertilized eggs. What about eating siblings? Sharks can take part in adelphophagy in the womb preparing themselves for ocean life.

[00:02:28]>> Wow, that show is a lot about cannibalism. And there's ever so much more to learn.