The Health Benefits of ... Cannibalism
Get a free 2-month trial of Skillshare at https://www.skl.sh/scishow Cannibalism may actually make a community healthier, but maybe don't try it at home. We're conducting a survey of our...
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This episode of SciShow is supported by Skillshare an online learning community with more than 17,000 classes in design, photo, and more. [♪♩INTRO] You’d think eating your own kind would be a bad idea. I mean, it can be hard enough to survive and reproduce without having to worry about members of your own species taking you out, too. But lots of animals are cannibals, from mantises that eat their mates to mice that eat their babies. So there must be some kind of benefit to it. And since, in the immortal words of The Bloodhound Gang, “we ain’t nothin’ but mammals,” you’d expect human cannibalism to have its upsides, too — even if the idea is a little nauseating. Obviously, there are social and moral factors to consider when it comes to eatin...
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This episode of SciShow is supported by Skillshare an online learning community with more than 17,000 classes in design, photo, and more. [♪♩INTRO] You’d think eating your own kind would be a bad idea. I mean, it can be hard enough to survive and reproduce without having to worry about members of your own species taking you out, too. But lots of animals are cannibals, from mantises that eat their mates to mice that eat their babies. So there must be some kind of benefit to it. And since, in the immortal words of The Bloodhound Gang, “we ain’t nothin’ but mammals,” you’d expect human cannibalism to have its upsides, too — even if the idea is a little nauseating. Obviously, there are social and moral factors to consider when it comes to eatin...
