There must've been an unimaginable amont of horror when first Europeans beholded Carib natives feeding on human during a post war. Over time, cannibalism was spread everywhere. For example, an American gold prospector, Alferd Packer was declared to be a cannibal. On February of 1874, he left for an expedition in the Colorado mountains with five others but had returned after 2 months all alone. As people began to wonder of the other men’s whereabouts, Packer had admitted to have killed them, but only as self defense. He also admitted to have then eaten their remains for survival. As a result, he was given a 40year sentence but was then granted a parole. Issei Sagawa, a Japanese student, traveled to Paris to complete his English Literature. There he shot one of the co-eds and went on to cannibalize her over the following two days. Eventually he was arrested but was “unfit for trial” because of his insanity. He was then set free due to the fact that some paperwork had given him the …show more content…
One well known insect that eats its own kind is the praying mantis. The female praying mantis eating the head off the male after mating was once just an urban legand, today its far more complicated. An entomology student from the University of Central Arkansas,Kyle Hurley, dedicated two years to observe praying mantises in a lab, where he made very interesting observations. One observation he has made was that only one out of 45 cases the male ends up consuming the female and also that one out of 45 cases does the female removed the head of the male before mating. He also observed that female mantises “were selectively cannibalizing smaller males”. For animals, its a different story. Some animals tend to eat their own species as a part of their natural diet. As example, King snakes tend feed on other snakes, including venomous ones. Or even sometimes, you could catch chimps killing and eating chimp babies. Cannibalism among animals can occur for territorial reasons, like a male lion, who would kill cubs that arent his when assuming control of a new pride. Change in temperature can also affect the rate of cannibalism. The Huffington Post sent a report on december of year 2011 of an increase of cannibalism among polar bears, where some had "ever-increasing periods of fasting on land and shorter periods out on the ice to catch the seals they need to survive." With little ice left, the bears cannot reach