Will my cat eat me when I die?
As a cat owner I've always heard the urban legend that felines are likely to eat their owners when they die, but how true are the stories? Well, it turns out that feline (and canine) depredation--the scientific word for scavenging human bodies--is much more common than you might think. This week I delved into the scientific journals to understand how long you have before your pets take matters into their own hands.
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Further Reading:
FORESNICS JOURNALS:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10507792/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32889630/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1752928X09002236
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9306664/
Naughty Monitor Lizard
https://varanidae.org/14_1-2_Mendis_et_al.pdf
Isabelle Dinoire:
https://www.google.com/url?q=https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabelle_Dinoire
Postmortem Depredation (NSFL)
https://www.reddit.com/r/NSFL__/comments/lzdoih/postmortem_predation_by_a_clowder_of_domestic_cats/
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