~Cannibalism is also called anthropophagy~The term is derived from the Spanish name (Caríbales, or Caníbales) for a west Indies tribe well known for its practice of cannibalism called the Carib~Ritual murder and cannibalism in Africa were often related to sorcery~Endocannibalism is a form of cannibalism where the body of a dead person was ritually eaten by his relatives~Ritual cannibalism occurred as a part of the drama of secret societies~The scent of human flesh is nauseating and sweet, putrid and steaky, or something like leather being tanned over a flame~The smell of human flesh can be so thick and rich that you could almost taste it~Human flesh falls into the category of red meat~Human meat has the consistency of beef~Can taste like pork~Sailors called the practice "the custom of the sea"~Eating human foreigners is known as Exocannibalism~Japanese cannibals almost ate George Bush Sr.~The 1972 Andes Plane Crash resulted in survival cannibalism~In early European culture, medicinal cannibalism was quite popular~Cannibalism is addictive~Most people participate in mild forms of cannibalism~Autocannibalism is the process of eating one's own body~Autocannibalism can be genetically inherited~Joseph Stalin's man-made famine caused Ukrainians to resort to cannibalism~People with mental disorders like schizophrenia have been known to be cannibals~Cannibal Armin Meiwes put out an ad for someone to be his next meal~Italian red amarone pairs best with human meat~There was a cannibal tribe located along Texas's Gulf Coast from Galveston Bay southwest to Corpus Christi Bay~Many fairy tales contain references to cannibalism
~The Aztecs are believed to have cannibalized thousands of people each year in order to please their gods~In 1972 a plane flew across the Andes and crashed, fifteen people died in the crash and several in an avalanche or from starvation. The remaining passengers ended up eating the flesh of the victims in order to survive. They were only rescued 72 days later.~Early Christians were often wrongly discriminated against and killed by the ancient Romans because it was thought that they indulged in cannibalism during their communion rites
