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Sexual cannibalism is a remarkably common mating habit among insects and arachnids — perhaps most famously, black widow spiders and preying mantises devour males after mating with them. There are a number of competing theories about why such a seemingly harmful trait would evolve. And now we've discovered one spider who evolved a way to escape sexual cannibalism, though not without sacrifice. The male Nephilengys malabarensis saves his head by detaching another part of his anatomy — the penis. Well, actually it's a palp, not a penis, but I digress. More »
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Two Dutch talk show hosts had pieces of their and abdomen and rump surgically removed, and then swapped skins for a snack. Watch Dennis Storm and co-host Valerio Zeno cook their own flesh and serve it on a plate in front of the world. It's a scientific experiment worthy of the good Dr. Hannibal Lecter. More »
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Chances are you're familiar with such Troma Entertainment flicks as The Toxic Avenger and Sgt. Kabukiman NYPD. Kitschy fun, right? Well, let's watch the infamous ending of the 1989 child cannibal flick Beware! Children At Play. More »
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The black widow spider practices sexual cannibalism, in which the female eats the male after mating - indeed, that's why they're called black widows in the first place. But males have an unexpected way of avoiding that fate. More »
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If you're a baby alligator, there's about a 1 in 16 chance that your elders will eat you. It's nothing personal...it's just the simplest way for these gators to deal with a temporary food shortage and keep their population stable. More »
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Several kinds of female animals, including spiders, are known to devour their male counterparts, often right after they finish having sex. But every so often, the female isn't deadlier than the male, as South America's wolf spider will tell you. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5791687&view=rss&microfeed=true Click to view If you saw stirring Roman-Briton bromance The Eagle over the past week, you know that in fiction, at least, the Picts were pretty hardcore. But now there's proof that the early tribes of Britain were bloodthirsty warriors. As you can see in this BBC clip, there is now evidence that they drank from human skulls. More »
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49,000 years ago in a cave in northern Spain, twelve Neanderthals were murdered and eaten by another group of Neanderthals. This grisly scene may tell a larger story about the reasons why our humanoid cousins ultimately died out. More »
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It's hard to find fresh turkey during the zombie apocalypse. So why not spice things up by feasting on one of the most bountiful food sources on the planet? Here's everything you need to know to serve man. More »
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After analyzing marks and gouges on Tyrannosaurus Rex fossils, paleontologists have concluded that T. Rexes ate other T. Rexes. This cannibalism was likely the result of scavenging rather than active hunting, but researchers aren't 100% positive. More »
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Although science fiction generally does a decent job imagining the grand vistas of tomorrow, it's in more mundane areas where future design often falls down. Blogger John Powers recently tackled this question by imagining the future of kitchens. More »
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We're still a week away from watching Megan Fox snack on schoolboys in Jennifer's Body. In the meantime, we're serving up a list of the other women in science fiction who hunger for human flesh. More »
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Lots of movies say they have everything, but then turn out only to have a subset of everything. Only Doomsday, Neil Marshall's lurch into a plague-blighted future Scotland, actually has everything. Just check out this sexy punk cannibalism scene, from the unrated DVD. Warning: melting flesh may be NSFW. More »
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Global homelessness and food shortages have already inspired riots, and now they're fueling even more desperate acts like cannibalism. A homeless man in the Russian region of Kamchatka was just arrested along with two accomplices for killing a man and frying up choice cuts of his body to eat last year. According to The Moscow Times, the man recruited his two friends to help him prepare the body for eating. More »
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Soylent Green may be made of people, but it’s also delicious. Human meat finds its way onto many a future dinner table and in a vast array of culinary delights. Whether you’re snacking on other folks to survive or just because you like the taste, we've found plenty of cannibalistic dishes to appease your appetite for human flesh. More »
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Cormac McCarthy's depressing, post-apocalyptic ash world in The Road isn't going to be any more cheerful in John Hillcoat's big screen adaptation. And the little survivalist details promise to be the parts that make the movie truly sick. So far we've only been introduced to one wanderer and the two main characters The Boy (Kodi Smit-McPhee) and The Man (Viggo Mortensen). With only a month left before the movie hits theaters, a new crop of pics from a member of the cast has surfaced showing the most memorable characters of The Road thus far. Spoilers ahead. More »
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