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Cannibalism is the act of one individual of a species consuming all or part of another individual of the same species as food.
Cannibalism may also refer to:
Types of cannibalism edit
- Cannibalism in poultry
- Filial cannibalism – Consumption of one's own offspring
- Human cannibalism – Practice of humans eating other humans
- Child cannibalism – Practice of eating a child or fetus
- Endocannibalism – Practice of eating the flesh of a human being from the same community
- Exocannibalism – Eating the flesh of humans that do not belong to one's community
- Medical cannibalism – Consumption of parts of the human body to treat or prevent diseases
- Self-cannibalism – Practice of eating oneself
- Sexual cannibalism – Practice of animals eating their own mating partners
- Spider cannibalism – Spiders consuming all or part of another individual of the same species as food
Music edit
- Cannibalism (album), 1978 compilation album by Can
- "Capitalism is Cannibalism", 1982 song and EP by the British anarcho-punk band Anthrax
- Intrauterine Cannibalism, 1999 studio album by American death metal band Malignancy
- Live Cannibalism, 2000 live album by American death metal band Cannibal Corpse
See also edit
- Cannibal (disambiguation)
- Cannibalization (disambiguation)
- List of incidents of cannibalism
- Man-eater, animal or mythical creature that feasts on human flesh
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