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Namhias
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| I unfortunately can't remember the name of the human disease I'm thinking of. It was found in a tribal group that would occasionally practice cannibalism. |
The human variant of mad cow disease is called Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Although very rare, the disease does exists and not only cannibals are affected. |
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Hyraxylos
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Nah. I think the preferable method of slimming down human overpopularity is just to let people fight each other over food and starve to death. Humans are biologically repulsed from cannibalism and as far as I know occasions of human cannibalism that popped up had a sort of "ceremonial" significance to them, such as warring with another tribe or "recycling" the energies of a sage who'd just died. I don't think it could be done casually.
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Rayadragon
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| Posted: Wed 16 Apr 2008 13:24 Post subject: |
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| The human variant of mad cow disease is called Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Although very rare, the disease does exists and not only cannibals are affected |
Thanks Namhias! I remembered that the general class of diseases were refered to as Prion diseases, but I couldn't remember the name of that specific example.
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Dragoneyes
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While stationed in the Philippines I ate monkey meat by accident on one of the barbeque carts. It was quite tasty... I wouldn't do it again because if it was cooked wrong you could get really sick...
If in a situation without food humans will eat each other to survive....
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Well with the way global warming's going we are already loosing some foods (fruits and things like that).
Although, and I know I'm contradicting myself here, I doubt the human race will ever completely run out of food. I'm sure it would take a lot to clear the planet of everything edible, besides humans.
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Icedheart
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| Dragoneyes wrote: |
| While stationed in the Philippines I ate monkey meat by accident on one of the barbecue carts. It was quite tasty... I wouldn't do it again because if it was cooked wrong you could get really sick... |
Sorry but i fail to see how this is related to the subject, and it's not really an opinion...
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| Although, and I know I'm contradicting myself here, I doubt the human race will ever completely run out of food. I'm sure it would take a lot to clear the planet of everything edible, besides humans. |
Your not really contradicting yourself, seeing as it was a thought, and it was something you thought humans in the LEDC's could maybe do... So don't think that^^
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| Well with the way global warming's going we are already loosing some foods (fruits and things like that).I'm sure it would take a lot to clear the planet of everything edible, besides humans. |
Agreed on my part, and more earth is becoming desert, and once it's is then it can't be gained again as normal earth... So a lot of vegetation is lost...[/b]
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Dragoneyes
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| Dragoneyes wrote: |
| While stationed in the Philippines I ate monkey meat by accident on one of the barbecue carts. It was quite tasty... I wouldn't do it again because if it was cooked wrong you could get really sick... |
[quote=]Sorry but i fail to see how this is related to the subject, and it's not really an opinion... |
My point was we can eat just about anything even something that is close to humans. And if it came to surviving or dying I'll eat.......
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