The eyewitness accounts of the survivors say otherwise.
I read a book called “In the Heart of the Sea” about a whaling ship, the Essex, that was sunk by a whale and formed the basis of “Moby Dick.” There is a long dissertation in that book about resorting to canabalism to survive and that it was pretty common. In the Essex matter, a few survivors in a whaling boat actually chose lots to decide who would be eaten and then they chose lots to see who would kill that person. Pretty interesting stuff, albeit grim.
Yes, VR, that is exactly what I was going to say.