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Would Your Dog Eat You if You Died? Get the Facts.
National Geographic ^ | 6/23/17 | Erika Engelhaupt

Posted on 06/25/2017 3:44:22 PM PDT by Timpanagos1

In 1997, a forensic examiner in Berlin reported one of his more unusual cases in the journal Forensic Science International. A 31-year-old man had retired for the evening to the converted garden shed behind his mother’s house, where he lived with his German shepherd. Around 8:15 p.m., neighbors heard a gunshot from the direction of the shed.

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The German shepherd was calm and responded to police commands. On the way to an animal sanctuary, the dog vomited some of its owner’s tissue, including skin with still-recognizable beard hair.

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TOPICS: Food; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: dogfood; foodie; germanshepard; redmeat; redmeatissue; sociopath; youitswhatsfordinner
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To: Timpanagos1
a situation dreaded by pet owners: dying alone and being eaten.

I must admit; in seven decades, six of which contained pets, the thought had never crossed my mind—until I read this article.

61 posted on 06/25/2017 6:42:53 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("We will be one people, under one God, saluting one American flag." --Donald Trump)
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To: Timpanagos1
In 24 percent of the cases in the 2015 review, which all involved dogs, less than a day had passed before the partially eaten body was found. What’s more, some of the dogs had access to normal food they hadn’t eaten.

If a person had a choice between a bowl of cold cereal or a nice warm rare steak, which would he choose? The androcentrism of the author is amusing.

62 posted on 06/25/2017 6:47:19 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("We will be one people, under one God, saluting one American flag." --Donald Trump)
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To: Timpanagos1

If I am dead and the dog needs food, then I’m good with that. Same for the cats.
After I’m dead, my body is just meat.


63 posted on 06/25/2017 6:51:54 PM PDT by Little Ray (Freedom Before Security!)
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To: Tax-chick

Well, what about this thread, then?


64 posted on 06/25/2017 6:52:41 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("We will be one people, under one God, saluting one American flag." --Donald Trump)
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To: Timpanagos1

I was literally eating a store bought chimi chunga when I read this ... just fished feeding the Watch Dog and ...

I’m headed for DQ to get some Ice Cream (I know it isn’t Real Ice Cream) but after that story I figure I can eat anything tonight.

Gonna top it off w a Beer, kinda an Inverse Float.

Wish me luck


65 posted on 06/25/2017 7:37:11 PM PDT by TexasTransplant (I remember when 100% of scientists agreed there were only 2 genders.)
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To: Timpanagos1
Would Your Dog Eat You if You Died?

I don't know, but I do know my cat would kill me if it could.

66 posted on 06/25/2017 7:37:52 PM PDT by Rightwing Conspiratr1
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To: Timpanagos1

I’ve already had ‘the talk’ and given them permission.


67 posted on 06/25/2017 7:38:32 PM PDT by kanawa (Trump Loves a Great Deal)
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To: Timpanagos1

I had a chihuahua that tried to eat me anytime I ran out of baloney to feed it. Heck it nipped at me with the baloney in hand.


68 posted on 06/25/2017 9:53:19 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: Timpanagos1
Would Your Dog Eat You if You Died? Get the Facts.

I have indirectly experienced this. An old Friend involved in Construction was our client and a workmate and I in Engineering related to that construction. We surveyed his ranch and got a couple of acres each for our work in the 70s.

I visited the ranch (and my two acres) around 2007; the ranch had a new owner and a new tenant.

I asked the new tenant if he knew where the old owner was and he casually answered, "I heard that he moved about 100 miles away, he lived alone, died one day and his two dogs ate him.
It was startling to say the least, and a short conversation, LOL.

This story made me wonder what my feelings are about the whole topic, and I realized that, so long as my pets don't eat me when I'm still alive I have no problem with the possibility if it helps keep them alive long enough to be found and survive. As for the reverse, I don't think I could ever eat them, dead or alive.

The responses to this topic should be interesting.

69 posted on 06/25/2017 11:11:01 PM PDT by publius911 (Less Tweets More Golf! it works!!!)
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To: Keyhopper

Mark Twain...


70 posted on 06/25/2017 11:12:50 PM PDT by publius911 (Less Tweets More Golf! it works!!!)
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To: Timpanagos1

Some dogs would lay by the side of your dead body and mourn until they died themselves. Documented instances of that.

Some dogs would end up eating your body if they had no option, such as being shut up in a house with your remains for a lengthy period of time. Documented instances of that, too.

It’s fairly breed specific, I’d think, as to what sort of behavior a dog would exhibit upon your passing. My late Walker Hound girl would mourn herself to death, she loved me so it was painful to watch sometimes. Hounds have their downsides but love and dedication beyond all reason to their people isn’t one of them.


71 posted on 06/25/2017 11:17:38 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: RegulatorCountry

My border collies would not eat me.

However, they should, and while they are easy to train, I’m not quite sure how I would train them to have me for dinner.


72 posted on 06/25/2017 11:19:47 PM PDT by Timpanagos1
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To: Timpanagos1

If it meant their surviving, learning to love someone else and making the most of their time here on earth under the sun until we’re together again, what do I care if they eat my remains? They’d be no longer of any use to me, so have at it. Disgusting to contemplate, but life is sometimes messy.


73 posted on 06/25/2017 11:22:03 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: alloysteel
I read (listened to on Audible) what turned out to be a fascinating book, "Working Stiff" by Judy Melinek MD, who described her experiences as a young medical examiner in NYC; absolutely amazing stuff. Turns out that cats move on to devour their deceased owners pretty quickly when the food bowl quits getting filled.

The first parts of you to go are the moist and apparently delectable lips and eyelids, and they move on from there. I definitely recommend keeping dry food containers loosely covered on a counter where Fluffy can push them to the floor where they spill their contents and provide a few days of margin before your eyelids and lips become lunch.

74 posted on 06/25/2017 11:36:11 PM PDT by SFConservative
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To: Keyhopper
Outside of a dog, a book is Man’s best friend.
Inside of a dog, it’s to dark to read

I see your a Marxist from the Groucho school :-)

75 posted on 06/26/2017 4:50:16 AM PDT by KosmicKitty (Waiting for inspirations)
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To: Albion Wilde

Makes me glad I don’t have a dog.


76 posted on 06/26/2017 5:25:36 AM PDT by Tax-chick (The Golden Rule. Just that.)
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To: Timpanagos1

Kebabs, not Bob? Doner party? I thought you said Donner Party?


77 posted on 06/26/2017 5:42:54 AM PDT by piasa
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To: Tax-chick

If I drop dead, I don’t begrudge any pet I might have of an all-you-can-eat buffet experience!


78 posted on 06/26/2017 8:38:22 AM PDT by Albion Wilde ("We will be one people, under one God, saluting one American flag." --Donald Trump)
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To: Albion Wilde

There are so many people in my house all the time that the cats wouldn’t have a chance at my remains.


79 posted on 06/26/2017 9:48:55 AM PDT by Tax-chick (The Golden Rule. Just that.)
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To: publius911

Nope......... Want to try again? Groucho Marx


80 posted on 06/26/2017 1:49:55 PM PDT by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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