People eating

by utopian websurfer
(california)


Up until about the year 1899 , cannabolism was common in many islands of the pacific .some cannabols even ate their own

flesh just before dying.
strange but true.

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The Island Carib people of the Lesser Antilles, from whom the word cannibalism derives, acquired a long-standing reputation as cannibals following the recording of their legends in the 17th century.Some controversy exists over the accuracy of these legends and the prevalence of actual cannibalism in the culture. Cannibalism was widespread in the past among humans in many parts of the world, continuing into the 19th century in some isolated South Pacific cultures, and to the present day in parts of tropical Africa.

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