Would Your Dog Eat You If You Died?

[Marinlemaignan]

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/06/pets-dogs-cats-eat-dead-owners-forensics-science/

[jnordwick]

If my dog is going to eat me, I at least hope he likes the way I taste and he remembers it fondly.

[quesera → jnordwick]

Unfortunately, a dog that is believed to have eaten a human corpse will be euthanized.

So, best not, for all involved.

[mark212]

So what? I'm dead. Have at it. Hope she enjoys the meal.

[Dave_TRS]

Yet another great reason not to have pets!

[type0 → Dave_TRS]

It's not really. Too often we anthropomorphizing out pets and even if they are not that different from us on the social-emotional level you cant blame for doing this - they have no concept of moral wrong of doing it. Historically, consider some human cultures not that long ago where cannibalizing your close ones was a honorable way to show them admiration (and also get the prion disease).

[brianwawok]

I legit worry about this. Not sure why.