Eating at Us: Cannibalism in History, Legend and in the Animal World

Criminal Behaviorology

Nov 1 2021 • 1 hr 8 mins

Criminal Behaviorology

Eating at Us: Cannibalism in History, Legend and in the Animal World

For this Halloween special, we are serving up a tasty treat.  The concept of cannibals conjures scary images and horrific tales.  How could such behavior ever exist?  Is it so unnatural to the human species (and others)? Three writings on this topic offer some insight.

Show Highlights:

Cannibalism: From Sacrifice to Survival:

The troubling history of this practice, and the importance of taking a skeptical viewpoint when hearing tales of horror

Religion, custom and spiritualism.  Transubstantiation as a religious tradition.

Werewolves as legend and grisly horror.


NPR Article on Cannibalism:


The surprising truth about how common the practice might have been.

The many forms seen throughout the world


Cannibalism in the Chicken Coup:


Learned by individual birds and can spread to others through social learning

Genetics and cannibalism

Different methods to prevent chicken cannibalism - some quite cruel

The crucial role of the environment


Night of the Living Dead (1968):


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_the_Living_Dead


Past Criminal Behaviorology podcasts on Halloween (2020 and 2019):


https://anchor.fm/criminalbehaviorology/episodes/Trick-or-Treat--Behavior-Theory-and-Crime--Dog-Training-and-Beggars-Night-Becomes-Halloween-elo9o0

https://anchor.fm/criminalbehaviorology/episodes/Night-of-the-Shaping-Dead-Zombie-Behavior--Shaping--and-Resurgence-e8cnk7

Cannibalism from Sacrifice to Survival by Hans Askenasy:

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/cannibalism-hans-askenasy/1112400547

NPR on Cannibalism in History:

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/02/22/515668867/cannibalism-its-perfectly-natural-a-new-scientific-history-argues


Welfare of the Laying Hen (ed. G.C. Perry) - Chapter Cannibalism by R.C. Newberry:

https://www.google.com/books/edition/Welfare_of_the_Laying_Hen/44S7TRL2lk0C?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Cannibalism+by+R.C.+Newberry+Chapter+22&printsec=frontcover


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